batten

batten meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Arabic

Examples of batten in a sentence

• VVe eate our ovvne, and batten more, / Becauſe vve feed on no mans ſcore: / But pitie thoſe vvhoſe flanks grovv great, / Svvel'd vvith the Lard of others meat.1648, Robert Herrick, “His Content in the Country”, in Hesperides: Or, The Works both Humane & Divine […], London: […] John Williams, and...
• Our vvomen batten vvell on their good-nature; / All they can rap and rend for the dear creature.1684, John Dryden, “Prologue to the Dissappointment: Or, The Mother in Fashion. [By Mr. [Thomas] Southerne, 1684.] Spoken by Mr. [Thomas]...
• [S]ome fell ſerpent in his cave expects / The traveller's approach, batten'd vvith herbs / Of baneful juice to fury, forth he looks / Hideous, and lies coil'd all around his den.1791, Homer, “[The Iliad.] Book XXII.”, in W[illiam] Cowper, transl., The Iliad and Odyssey of Homer, Translated into Blank Verse, […]...
• There hath he lain for ages and will lie / Battening upon huge seaworms in his sleep, […]1830, Alfred Tennyson, “The Kraken”, in The Complete Poetical Works of Alfred Tennyson, Chicago, Ill.: The Dominion Company, published...

All 16 example sentences with batten

Synonyms of batten

• fleshen
• stouten
• battle
• beater
• lathe
• batful

Antonyms

• unbatten

All synonyms and antonyms of batten

Forms of batten

Past tense of batten: battened

Origin of batten

The verb is derived from Middle English *battenen, *batnen, of North Germanic origin, probably from Old Norse batna (“to grow better, improve, recover”), from Proto-Germanic *batnaną (“to become better, improve”) (compare Old Norse bati (“advantage, improvement”), from Proto-Germanic *batô (“improvement, recovery”)), from *bataz (“good”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰed- (“good”). Compare battle (“(adjective) improving; fattening, nutritious; fertile, fruitful; (verb) to feed or nourish; to render (land, etc.) fertile or fruitful”) (obsolete). The adjective is probably derived from the verb. Cognates * Dutch baten (“to avail, benefit, profit”) * Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐌰𐍄𐌽𐌰𐌽 (gabatnan, “to benefit, profit”) * Icelandic batna (“to improve, recover”) * Old English batian (“to get better, recover”)

The noun is from Middle English bataunt, batent (“finished bar or board (as for panelling)”), from Old French batent (“a beating”), a noun use of the present participle form of batre (“to beat, hit, strike”), from Late Latin battere, the present active infinitive of battō (“to beat”), from Latin battuō (“(very rare) to beat, hit, strike”); further etymology uncertain, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰedʰ-, *bʰedʰh₂- (“to pierce; to stab”) or *bʰat- (“to hit”), ultimately onomatopoeic. The verb is derived from the noun.

English surname, pet form of Batt.

Words formed from batten

• Mount Batten
• battened
• battener
• battening
• battner
• battenboard
• battenless
• counter batten
• sweat batten
• batten down
• batten down the hatches
• unbatten

Related words

• Battenberg
• Mountbatten

Phrases with batten

• Batten disease

Words that rhyme with batten

• Hatton
• flatten
• fatten
• platen
• latten
• simvastatin

Questions about batten

What does batten mean?

Batten means to cause (an animal, etc.) to become fat or thrive through plenteous feeding; to fatten.

What is batten in Tamil?

Batten in Tamil is தறிநூல் இயக்கு சட்டம், மர இணைச்சட்டம், பதிக்குந்துண்டு. See Batten meaning in Tamil.

How do you use batten in a sentence?

VVe eate our ovvne, and batten more, / Becauſe vve feed on no mans ſcore: / But pitie thoſe vvhoſe flanks grovv great, / Svvel'd vvith the Lard of others meat.

What part of speech is batten?

Batten can be a verb, an adjective, a noun or a proper noun.

How do you pronounce batten?

Batten is pronounced /ˈbæt(ə)n/ (UK).

What is the past tense of batten?

The past tense of batten is battened.