Meaning

• A person who, or thing that, has been beaten up.

• An act of beating up:

• An artificially or disingenuously manufactured alarm or outcry, especially one agitated by or through the media.

  "2009, Newstalk ZB, Hydro project claims "a beat up" - Brownlee, Newstalk ZB."

• A tree planted later than others in a plantation.

Meaning

• To give a severe beating to; to assault violently with repeated blows.

  "I got beaten up by thugs on my way home."

• To attack suddenly; to alarm.

• To cause, by some other means, injuries comparable to the result of being beaten up.

• To feel badly guilty and accuse oneself over something. Usually followed by over or about.

  "Don't beat yourself up over such a minor mistake."

• (WW2 air pilots' usage) Repeatedly bomb a military target or targets.

• To get something done, derived from the idea of beating for game

• To sail to windward using a series of alternate tacks across the wind.

• To disturb; to pay an untimely visit to.

• To go diligently about in order to get helpers or participants in an enterprise.

  "to beat up for recruits, or for volunteers"

Meaning

• Battered by time and usage; beaten up.