(a) To pound or beat (sth.), hammer (sth.); also fig.; beat (flax); of a nail:?be hammered; ~ out, knock (the marrow) out (of bones); (b) to crush (sth.), pulverize; ~ mid, mix (sth.) with (sth. else by beating); ~ smal, ~ to dust, ~ to peces; (c) to tap or push (sth.).

(a) To knock on a gate, door, window, etc.; knock on (a door); ~ at (on, upon), knock at or on; also fig.; (b) to beat (one's breast); fig. beat (one's heart, conscience); ~ on (upon), beat (one's breast); (c) to make a noise by beating against something, behave like the clapper of a bell.

(a) To strike (sb., someone's head or helmet), beat (sb.); deliver a blow; ~ on, beat (sb.), break (someone's crown); ~ on hed, knock (sb.) on the head, kill (sb.); ~ doun, overcome (sb.); ~ to deth, kill (sb.); ~ out, knock out (someone's brains); (b) to hit (sb. with stones); (c) to bump or beat (one's head against sth.); ~ til, dash (a baby against a stone); (d) to attack or injure (sb.); fight; ~ ayen, fight back.