"beam up" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-beam up.ogg 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
    Sense id: en-beam_up-en-verb-XLuvc~3q Categories (other): Science fiction, Star Trek Disambiguation of Star Trek: 32 25 18 25 Topics: literature, media, publishing, science-fiction
  2. (science fiction, intransitive) To be teleported, or to teleport oneself, in this manner. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-beam_up-en-verb-PJxwz4fN Categories (other): Science fiction, English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "up", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Faster-than-light travel Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 48 10 8 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "up": 25 47 11 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 28 53 8 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 57 6 10 Disambiguation of Faster-than-light travel: 38 48 9 5 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
  4. (slang) To get high on drugs, especially crack cocaine. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-beam_up-en-verb-th~nrtTh
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: transporter

Inflected forms

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        "(intransitive) To appear suddenly, as if by teleport."
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