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batten
bat·ten 1 B0115800 (băt′n)v. bat·tened, bat·ten·ing, bat·tens v.intr.1. To become fat.2. To thrive and prosper, especially at another's expense: "[She] battens like a leech on the lives of famous people, ... a professional retailer of falsehoods" (George F. Will).v.tr. To fatten; overfeed.
[Ultimately from Old Norse batna, to improve; see bhad- in Indo-European roots.]
bat·ten 2 B0115800 (băt′n)n.1. Nautical a. One of several flexible strips of wood or plastic placed in pockets at the outer edge of a sail to keep it flat.b. A narrow strip of wood used to fasten down the edges of the material that covers hatches in foul weather.2. A narrow strip of wood used in construction, especially to cover a seam between boards, as flooring material, or as a lath.3. a. The heavy swinging bar on a loom that holds the reed and is pulled forward to pack down the weft.b. A flat stick used in weaving by hand to separate the upper and lower threads of the warp and to tighten the weft.tr.v. bat·tened, bat·ten·ing, bat·tens Nautical To furnish, fasten, or secure with battens: battened down the hatch during the storm.Idiom: batten down the hatches To prepare for an imminent disaster or emergency.
[Alteration of Middle English batent, finished board or bar of wood, from Old French batant, wooden strip, clapper, from present participle of batre, to beat; see batter1. Noun, sense 3a and b, from French batant, from Old French.]batten (ˈbætən) n1. (Building) a sawn strip of wood used in building to cover joints, provide a fixing for tiles or slates, support lathing, etc2. (Building) a long narrow board used for flooring3. (Nautical Terms) a narrow flat length of wood or plastic inserted in pockets of a sail to give it proper shape4. (Nautical Terms) a lath used for holding a tarpaulin along the side of a raised hatch on a ship5. (Theatre) theatre a. a row of lightsb. the strip or bar supporting them6. (General Engineering) Also called: dropper NZ an upright part of a fence made of wood or other material, designed to keep wires at equal distances apartvb7. (General Engineering) (tr) to furnish or strengthen with battens8. (Nautical Terms) to use battens in nailing a tarpaulin over a hatch on a ship to make it secure9. to prepare for action, a crisis, etc[C15: from French bâton stick; see baton] ˈbattening n
batten (ˈbætən) vb (usually foll by: on) to thrive, esp at the expense of someone else: to batten on the needy. [C16: probably from Old Norse batna to improve; related to Old Norse betr better1, Old High German bazzen to get better]
Batten (ˈbætən) n (Biography) Jean. 1909–82, New Zealand aviator: the first woman to fly single-handed from Australia to Britain (1935)bat•ten2 (ˈbæt n)
n. 1. a small board or strip of wood used for various building purposes, as to cover joints between boards, reinforce doors, or supply a foundation for lath. 2. a. a strip of wood used to keep a sail flat. b. a length of wood or metal used on a ship, esp. to secure a tarpaulin over a hatch. v.t. 3. to furnish or bolster with battens. Idioms: batten down the hatches, a. to cover a ship's hatches with tarpaulins held in place with battens. b. to prepare to meet an emergency. [1400–50; late Middle English bataunt, batent finished board < Old French] bat•ten1 (ˈbæt n)
v.i. 1. to thrive by feeding; grow fat. 2. to feed gluttonously or greedily. 3. to thrive, prosper, or live in luxury, esp. at the expense of others. v.t. 4. to cause to thrive by or as if by feeding; fatten. [1585–95; appar. < Old Norse batna to improve; akin to Gothic gabatnan, Old English gebatian to improve; see better1] batten
Past participle: battened
Gerund: battening
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| I batten | | you batten | | he/she/it battens | | we batten | | you batten | | they batten |
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| I battened | | you battened | | he/she/it battened | | we battened | | you battened | | they battened |
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| I am battening | | you are battening | | he/she/it is battening | | we are battening | | you are battening | | they are battening |
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| I have battened | | you have battened | | he/she/it has battened | | we have battened | | you have battened | | they have battened |
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| I was battening | | you were battening | | he/she/it was battening | | we were battening | | you were battening | | they were battening |
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| I had battened | | you had battened | | he/she/it had battened | | we had battened | | you had battened | | they had battened |
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| I will batten | | you will batten | | he/she/it will batten | | we will batten | | you will batten | | they will batten |
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| I will have battened | | you will have battened | | he/she/it will have battened | | we will have battened | | you will have battened | | they will have battened |
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| I will be battening | | you will be battening | | he/she/it will be battening | | we will be battening | | you will be battening | | they will be battening |
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| I have been battening | | you have been battening | | he/she/it has been battening | | we have been battening | | you have been battening | | they have been battening |
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| I will have been battening | | you will have been battening | | he/she/it will have been battening | | we will have been battening | | you will have been battening | | they will have been battening |
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| I had been battening | | you had been battening | | he/she/it had been battening | | we had been battening | | you had been battening | | they had been battening |
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| I would batten | | you would batten | | he/she/it would batten | | we would batten | | you would batten | | they would batten |
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| I would have battened | | you would have battened | | he/she/it would have battened | | we would have battened | | you would have battened | | they would have battened |
battenA wooden bar or metal pipe from which scenery or lights are suspended.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | batten - stuffing made of rolls or sheets of cotton wool or synthetic fiberbattingstuffing - padding put in mattresses and cushions and upholstered furniture | | 2. |  batten - a strip fixed to something to hold it firmstrip - thin piece of wood or metal | | Verb | 1. | batten - furnish with battens; "batten ships"batten down, securebeef up, fortify, strengthen - make strong or stronger; "This exercise will strengthen your upper body"; "strengthen the relations between the two countries" | | 2. | batten - secure with battens; "batten down a ship's hatches"beef up, fortify, strengthen - make strong or stronger; "This exercise will strengthen your upper body"; "strengthen the relations between the two countries" |
batten1noun rod, bar, stick, stake, rail, pole, paling, shaft, palisade, crosspiece Timber battens can be fixed to the wall.verb (usually with down) fasten, unite, fix, secure, lock, bind, chain, connect, attach, seal, tighten, anchor, bolt, clamp down, affix, nail down, make firm, make fast, fasten down The roof was never securely battened down.
batten2 verbbatten on something or someone thrive, grow, develop, gain, advance, succeed, get on, boom, do well, flourish, bloom, wax, prosper, burgeon, fatten, grow rich battening on fears about mass immigration and unemploymentbattenverbTo make a large profit:profit.Slang: clean up.Idiom: make a killing.Translationsbatten (ˈbӕtn) noun a piece of wood used for keeping other pieces in place. These strips are all fastened together with a batten. 壓條 压条batten
batten down the hatchesTo prepare for a challenging situation. While this originated as a nautical phrase, it is now used for any sort of imminent problem. There's a tornado coming—batten down the hatches! My mother-in-law is coming to town this weekend, so I better batten down the hatches.See also: batten, down, hatchbatten down the hatchesFig. to prepare for difficult times. (From a nautical expression meaning, literally, to seal the hatches against the arrival of a storm. The word order is fixed.) Here comes that contentious Mrs. Jones. Batten down the hatches! Batten down the hatches, Congress is in session again.See also: batten, down, hatchbatten down the hatchesPrepare for trouble, as in Here comes the boss-batten down the hatches. This term originated in the navy, where it signified preparing for a storm by fastening down canvas over doorways and hatches (openings) with strips of wood called battens. [Late 1800s] See also: batten, down, hatchbatten down the hatches If you batten down the hatches, you prepare for a difficult situation by doing everything you can to protect yourself. While most companies are battening down the hatches, fearing recession, Blenheim is leading an assault on the US market. Banks seem to be battening down the hatches in anticipation of further trouble. Note: Battens are strips of wood used for fastening things down. Hatches are openings in the deck of a ship, or the wooden flaps which cover the openings. See also: batten, down, hatchbatten down the hatches prepare for a difficulty or crisis. Batten down the hatches was originally a nautical term meaning ‘make a ship's hatches secure with gratings and tarpaulins’ in expectation of stormy weather. 1998 Oldie They endured the hard pounding of the Seventies, when Labour battened down the hatches, and soldiered through the follies of the early Eighties. See also: batten, down, hatchˌbatten down the ˈhatches prepare yourself for a period of difficulty or trouble: Hollywood is battening down the hatches in expectation of a strike by actors and writers this summer.A batten is a long piece of wood which was used to hold down strong material in order to cover a ship’s hatches (= openings in the deck of a boat leading to the lower level) in a storm.See also: batten, down, hatch batten down the hatches To prepare for an imminent disaster or emergency.See also: batten, down, hatchbatten down the hatches, toTo get ready for trouble. A nautical term dating from the early nineteenth century, it signified preparing for bad weather by fastening down the battens, strips of wood nailed to various parts of masts and spars, and fastening tarpaulins over the ship’s hatchways (doorways and other openings). The term began to be used figuratively as preparing for any emergency by the late nineteenth century. See also clear the decks.See also: batten, downBatten
batten1. a narrow flat length of wood or plastic inserted in pockets of a sail to give it proper shape 2. a lath used for holding a tarpaulin along the side of a raised hatch on a ship 3. Theatrea. a row of lights b. the strip or bar supporting them 4. NZ an upright part of a fence made of wood or other material, designed to keep wires at equal distances apart
Batten Jean. 1909--82, New Zealand aviator: the first woman to fly single-handed from Australia to Britain (1935) BattenA narrow strip of wood that is applied over a joint between parallel boards in the same plane. In roofing, the standing seam of a metal roof gives the same appearance of a batten,   Batten (Russian tes), a thin board obtained by sawing softwood logs lengthwise. Battens are 4–6.4 m long, 19–25 mm thick, and usually 100–110 mm wide. They are used in shipbuilding and railroad car construction to form paneling—either flush or with spaces between the planks—and to cover roofs and panel walls. Originally, boards obtained from the roughhewing of logs (obtesyvanie), which were usually first split in half, were designated by the term tes. batten[′bat·ən] (aerospace engineering) Metal, wood, or plastic panels laced to the envelope of a blimp in the nose cone to add rigidity to the nose and provide a good point of attachment for mooring. (building construction) A sawed timber strip of specific dimension-usually 7 inches (18 centimeters) broad, less than 4 inches (10 centimeters) thick, and more than 6 feet (1.8 meters) long-used for outside walls of houses, flooring, and such. A strip of wood nailed across a door or other structure made of parallel boards to strengthen it and prevent warping. furring batten1. A narrow strip of wood applied to cover a joint along the edges of two parallel boards in the same plane. 2. A strip of wood fastened across two or more parallel boards to hold them together; also called a cross batten3. A flat strip of wood attached to a wall as a base for lathing, plastering, etc.; also called a furring strip. 4. In roofing, a wood strip applied over boards or roof structural members; used as a base for the attachment of slate, wood, or clay-tile shingles. 5.See board and batten6. A board usually 2 in. (5 cm) to 4 in. (10 cm) thick and usually used as a lathing support or in flooring. 7. A steel strip used to secure metal flooring on a fire escape. 8. On a theater stage, a strip of wood to frame, stiffen, or reinforce a flat, or to fasten several flats together. 9. On a theater stage, length of hollow metal of round, square, or rectangular cross section used in connection with stage rigging to hang scenery or lighting equipment, such as a pipe batten or lighting batten.Batten
Bat·ten (bat'ĕn), Frederick E., British ophthalmologist, 1865-1918. See: Batten-Mayou disease, Batten disease. batten Related to batten: batten down, batten down the hatches, Batten disease
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Related to batten: batten down, batten down the hatches, Batten diseaseSynonyms for battennoun rodSynonyms- rod
- bar
- stick
- stake
- rail
- pole
- paling
- shaft
- palisade
- crosspiece
verb fastenSynonyms- fasten
- unite
- fix
- secure
- lock
- bind
- chain
- connect
- attach
- seal
- tighten
- anchor
- bolt
- clamp down
- affix
- nail down
- make firm
- make fast
- fasten down
phrase batten on something or someoneSynonyms- thrive
- grow
- develop
- gain
- advance
- succeed
- get on
- boom
- do well
- flourish
- bloom
- wax
- prosper
- burgeon
- fatten
- grow rich
Synonyms for battenverb to make a large profitSynonymsSynonyms for battennoun stuffing made of rolls or sheets of cotton wool or synthetic fiberSynonymsRelated Wordsnoun a strip fixed to something to hold it firmRelated Wordsverb furnish with battensSynonymsRelated Wordsverb secure with battensRelated Words |