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Collocations for beam - noun

1. ray of light

ADJECTIVE

light
bright, intense, powerful
narrow, thin
flashlight (AmE), searchlight, torch (BrE)
electron, infrared, laser, X-ray
full (BrE), high (AmE)
a car with its headlights on full beam
a car with its high beams on
dipped (BrE), low (AmE)

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VERB + beam

emit, fire, shoot
direct, focus, point, send, shine
They focus a high-powered X-ray beam on the affected area.
deflect, reflect
catch sb/sth in
He was suddenly caught in the full beam of a searchlight.

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beam + VERB

shine
illuminate sth, light sth up

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PREPOSITION

beam from
the beam from the lighthouse
beam of
A beam of sunlight shone in through the window.

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2. long piece of wood/metal

ADJECTIVE

timber (esp. BrE), wooden
oak
iron, metal, steel
old, original (esp. BrE)
a cottage with original beams and a thatched roof
exposed
an old house with exposed oak beams
horizontal, vertical

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beam + VERB

support sth

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Collocations for beam - verb

ADVERB

broadly
He beamed broadly at them, clearly very pleased to see them.
positively
She positively beamed with satisfaction.
brightly, happily, proudly

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PREPOSITION

at
She beamed happily at Maxim.
with
His face beamed with pleasure.

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Beam is used with these nouns as the subject:
face, sun

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