adj
beaten
BEE-tuhn
adj
1
Defeated or overcome.
"The beaten team trudged off the pitch in silence."
2
Shaped, thinned, or flattened by repeated hammering.
"The jeweller worked with a sheet of beaten gold."
3
Overused to the point of being unoriginal; clichéd.
"It's a beaten metaphor, but love really is like a rose."
How to Use Beaten
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishDefeated, hammered into shape, or (of an idea) worn out from overuse.
Common pairings
beaten path
beaten gold
off the beaten track
Word Forms
more beaten comparative, most beaten superlative
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Etymology
The past participle of beat, formed by adding -en.