To prepare land for agricultural use by burning the topsoil, used especially on sour or wet soil.

(poker) The losing of a hand after being the mathematical favorite to win at the start of the hand.

Alternative spelling of upbeat

(slang) To escape legal conviction and punishment for a crime which one has been charged with committing; to be acquitted.

present participle of beat up

present participle of beat down

(transitive) To beat up (a person) more than usually severely. / (transitive, colloquial, loosely) To defeat severely in various, even non-contact, competitive sports.

Superior to all others of its sort.

present participle of beat off

To sound a rhythm on a percussion instrument such as a drum. / To extinguish. / (US) To defeat by a narrow margin. / To work out fully. / To make gold or silver leaf out of solid metal.