Home › Words › I › inbeatinbeatinbeat means occurring on an inward beat.EtymologyFrom Middle English inbeten, equivalent to in- + beat.adjOccurring on an inward beat.nounAn inward beat.verbTo beat in.e.g.“[…] and in part imputeth it, that the river Rother is not contained in his channel, and so loseth his force to carry away the sands and beach which the sea doth inbeat into the haven.” — 1855, Mary Matilda Howard, Hastings, past and present:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.forbeat 79% match — To beat. vs inbeat →abeat 76% match — Beating. vs inbeat →interbeat 74% match — Between beats (of the heart etc) vs inbeat →rebeat 71% match — To beat again. vs inbeat →outbeat 67% match — To beat or surpass; to outdo. vs inbeat →tobeat 67% match — To beat excessively. vs inbeat →beat 67% match — A stroke; a blow. vs inbeat →bepat 63% match — To beat upon (as on a drum); patter upon. vs inbeat →