🥾 Worn by use 🔨 Hammered thin

beaten

6.5

Metal that people make thin and flat by hitting it with a hammer

adjective
/ˈbiːtən/

Specialized

: batido

It's all hand beaten to fit the shape and glued down.

Song Image of the gorgon's eyes into bronze beaten eyes no man can see.

Examples

The artisan crafted a beautiful bowl from the beaten copper, showcasing intricate designs.
The blacksmith explained how the beaten iron could be shaped into various tools.
Give it a little bit of a mix before then adding over the beaten egg and Parmesan mix.
She admired the beaten gold leaf that covered the delicate ornament.

Synonyms

wrought

vsbeaten

Specialized

11 8.1

Shaped by hammering or careful work

is specifically made thin by pounding rather than generally worked

hammered

vsbeaten

Specialized

4.8

Metal shaped with a hammer that shows small marks

is made thin by repeated pounding rather than general shaping

Antonyms

thickened

2.7

Not runny after adding something like flour to a sauce

Idioms

off the beaten path

9 6.0

In a place most people do not visit

off the beaten track

3 6.5

In a place far from where most people go

Compounds

weather-beaten

3 6.6

Having a rough, worn look after being outdoors in sun or wind

Surface Forms

beaten positive

Morphology

beaten = beat (transparent) = beat + en

The adjective describes metal that has been struck or hammered (i.e., 'beat' + '-en'), which is a direct and regular participial/adjectival formation.

Etymology

Beaten comes from the simple verb beat, which means 'to hit'. Imagine a metal worker hitting gold with a hammer again and again to make it thin and shaped. So, beaten metal is metal 'hit' until flat and thin.