batter
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: derivation
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Etymology: From Middle English batteren, batren, bateren, a frequentative of Middle English batten, baten (“to beat”), equivalent to bat + -er (frequentative suffix).
Base: bat
Affixes: -er
Inflected forms:
form: batters
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: battering
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: battered
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: battered
pos: verb
tags: past
form: batters
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: To hit or strike violently and repeatedly.
pos: verb
examples: The firemen battered down the door.
The golden ſtature of their feathered bird
That ſpreads her wings vpon the city wals,
Shall not defend it from our battering ſhot.
The journey is worth an article in itself, but all I can give is a flavour of a railway which traverses a bleak but dramatic coastline that's regularly battered by the elements - especially around Parton, where the line is constantly threatened by the sea.
gloss: To coat with batter (the food ingredient).
pos: verb
examples: I prefer it when they batter the cod with breadcrumbs.
gloss: To defeat soundly; to thrash.
pos: verb
tags: figuratively
examples: Leeds United battered Charlton 7-0.
There have been so many times when England were such a tactically flat, stressed-out bunch that they could squeeze the joy out of battering even the meekest opposition, so at times against Panama you had to rub your eyes at the general levels of fun being had.
gloss: To intoxicate.
pos: verb
tags: UK
passive
slang
usually
examples: That cocktail will batter you!
I was battered last night on our pub crawl.
gloss: To flatten (metal) by hammering, so as to compress it inwardly and spread it outwardly.
pos: verb
gloss: To coat in a paste-like substance; to fasten with a paste-like glue.
pos: verb
tags: UK
obsolete
examples: the bible mentioned in the oath emitted this day , by Andrew Murison , as the book and bible from whence the printed leaves , battered on the B. L. Coy's notes , now challenged as forged , are alleged to be taken
gloss: A beaten mixture of flour and liquid (usually egg and milk), used for baking (e.g. pancakes, cake, or Yorkshire pudding) or to coat food (e.g. fish) prior to frying.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: To the dismay of his mother, the boy put his finger into the pancake batter.
gloss: A binge; a heavy drinking session.
pos: noun
tags: countable
slang
examples: When he went on a batter, he became very violent.
gloss: A paste of clay or loam.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The batter or lome that goeth to the making of [bricks]
gloss: A bruise on the face of a plate or of type in the form.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: In repairing batters at the edges of the plate, when the bevel has been torn away by the catches, &c., it is necessary to solder a piece of metal along the side.
Related words: battery
Derived words: batterable
batteree
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battercake
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batterlike
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