a. 1. Made smooth by beating or treading; worn by use. “A broad and beaten way.” Milton. “Beaten gold.” Shak. “off the beaten track.” [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Vanquished; defeated; conquered; baffled. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. Exhausted; tired out. [ 1913 Webster ]
4. Become common or trite; as, a beaten phrase. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
5. Tried; practiced. [ Obs. ] Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. worn by use into a deplorable condition. the beaten-up old Ford Syn. -- battered, beat-up, bedraggled, broken-down, dilapidated, ramshackle, tumble-down, unsound. [ WordNet 1.5 ]