having been defeated
last year's beaten finalist
having been beaten or struck
he trudged home like a beaten cur
strike (a person or an animal) repeatedly and violently so as to hurt or injure them, typically with an implement such as a club or whip
if we were caught we were beaten
the victims were beaten to death with baseball bats
they beat me with a stick and punched me
succeed in getting somewhere ahead of (someone)
the defender beat him to the ball
sail into the wind, following a zigzag course with repeated tacking
we beat southwards all that first day