"high-beam" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: high-beams [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} high-beam (plural high-beams), {{tlb|en|usually|in the plural}} (usually in the plural)
  1. The setting of an automobile's headlights adjusted to brighten a longer distance in front of the car, than when on the normal (low-beam) setting. Tags: plural-normally Categories (topical): Automotive Synonyms: full-beam, upper-beam, main beam, brights [plural] Translations (automobile's headlights adjusted to brighten a longer distance): 遠光燈 (Chinese Mandarin), 远光灯 (yuǎn-guāngdēng) (Chinese Mandarin), fjarljós [neuter] (Faroese), kaukovalot [plural] (Finnish), pitkät valot [plural] (Finnish), pitkät (Finnish), feux de route [masculine, plural] (French), Fernlicht [neuter] (German), Aufblendlicht [neuter] (German), abbaglianti [masculine, plural] (Italian), ハイビーム (hai-biimu) (Japanese), 上向き、走行用前照灯 (uwamuki) (english: official) (Japanese), холын гэрэл (xolyn gerel) (Mongolian), fjernlys [neuter] (Norwegian), długie światło [neuter] (Polish), máximo [masculine] (Portuguese), да́льний свет (dálʹnij svet) (Russian), luz larga [feminine] (Spanish), luz de carretera [feminine] (Spanish), luz alta [Latin-America, feminine] (Spanish), helljus (Swedish)
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  2. (slang) An erect nipple. Tags: plural-normally, slang
    Sense id: en-high-beam-en-noun-Vrsv0KKA
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: high beam, highbeam

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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