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BEAMY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does beamy mean?
• BEAMY (adjective)
The adjective BEAMY has 2 senses:
1. broad in the beam
2. radiating or as if radiating light
Familiarity information: BEAMY used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Broad in the beam
Context example:
a beamy cargo ship
Similar:
broad; wide (having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other)
Derivation:
beam ((nautical) breadth amidships)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Radiating or as if radiating light
Synonyms:
beaming; beamy; effulgent; radiant; refulgent
Context example:
a refulgent sunset
Similar:
bright (emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts)
Derivation:
beam (a column of light (as from a beacon))
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