beaten

3 definitions • 3 examples

defeated in a competition:

She was the beaten finalist in this year's Australian Open Championship.

She has owned several beaten favourites, but he has yet to have a winning horse at this meeting.

Beaten gold or another metal has been made flat by having been hit repeatedly with a hard object:

She was wearing a necklace of beaten gold.

A beaten path or track is one that people walk along regularly so that the ground has become hard and the path is clear.