"beam up" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-beam up.ogg [Australia] Forms: beams up [present, singular, third-person], beaming up [participle, present], beamed up [participle, past], beamed up [past]
Etymology: From the Star Trek franchise. Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} beam up (third-person singular simple present beams up, present participle beaming up, simple past and past participle beamed up)
  1. (science fiction, transitive) To teleport (someone or something) using a (fictional) device, especially from the surface of a planet to an orbiting starship. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Science fiction, Faster-than-light travel, Star Trek
    Sense id: en-beam_up-en-verb-XLuvc~3q Disambiguation of Faster-than-light travel: 42 29 26 3 Disambiguation of Star Trek: 42 28 23 8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English phrasal verbs with particle (up), English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 32 34 6 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 39 26 29 6 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (up): 34 27 29 10 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 37 27 31 6 Topics: literature, media, publishing, science-fiction
  2. (science fiction, intransitive) To be teleported, or to teleport oneself, in this manner. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Science fiction
    Sense id: en-beam_up-en-verb-PJxwz4fN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (up), English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 32 34 6 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (up): 34 27 29 10 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 37 27 31 6 Topics: literature, media, publishing, science-fiction
  3. (intransitive) To appear suddenly, as if by teleport. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-beam_up-en-verb-CGti-P4J Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (up), English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 32 34 6 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (up): 34 27 29 10 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 37 27 31 6
  4. (slang) To get high on drugs, especially crack cocaine. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Recreational drugs
    Sense id: en-beam_up-en-verb-th~nrtTh Disambiguation of Recreational drugs: 17 13 15 55 Categories (other): English phrasal verbs with particle (up) Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (up): 34 27 29 10
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: transporter

Inflected forms

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