high-beam

English

Alternative forms

high beam
highbeam

Noun

high-beam (plural high-beams)

(usually in the plural) The setting of an automobile's headlights adjusted to brighten a longer distance in front of the car, than when on the normal (low-beam) setting.
Synonyms: full beam, upper-beam

Antonyms: low-beam, dim light, dipped headlight, dimmed headlights

Turn off your high-beams - you're blinding the oncoming traffic.

Translations

automobile's headlights adjusted to brighten a longer distance

Faroese: fjarljós n
Finnish: kaukovalot pl; pitkät valot pl, pitkät (fi)
French: feux de route (fr) m pl
German: Fernlicht (de) n, Aufblendlicht (de) n
Italian: abbaglianti (it) m pl

Norwegian: fjernlys (no) n
Russian: да́льний свет (dálʹnij svet)
Spanish: luz larga f, luz de carretera f
Swedish: helljus (sv)

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