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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BAT'TER, v.t. [L. batuo, to beat. See Beat.]
1. To beat with successive blows; to beat with violence, so as to bruise, shake, or demolish;, as, to batter a wall.
2. To wear or impair with beating; as a battered pavement; a battered jade.
3. To attack with a battering ram.
4. To attack with heavy artillery, for the purpose of making a breach in a wall or rampart.
BAT'TER, v.i. To swell, bulge or stand out, as a timber or side of a wall from its foundation.
BAT'TER, n. [from beat or batter.] A mixture of several ingredients, as flour, eggs, salt, etc., beaten together with some liquor, used in cookery.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: (baseball) a ballplayer who is batting [syn: batter, hitter, slugger, batsman]
2: a liquid or semiliquid mixture, as of flour, eggs, and milk, used in cooking v
1: strike against forcefully; "Winds buffeted the tent" [syn: buffet, knock about, batter]
2: strike violently and repeatedly; "She clobbered the man who tried to attack her" [syn: clobber, baste, batter]
3: make a dent or impression in; "dinge a soft hat" [syn: dinge, batter]

Merriam Webster's

I. verb Etymology: Middle English bateren, probably frequentative of batten to bat, from bat Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. a. to beat with successive blows so as to bruise, shatter, or demolish b. bombard 2. to subject to strong, overwhelming, or repeated attack <battered by forces of change> 3. to wear or damage by hard usage or blows <a battered old hat> intransitive verb to strike heavily and repeatedly ; beat Synonyms: see maim • batterer noun II. noun Etymology: Middle English bater, probably from bateren Date: 14th century 1. a. a mixture consisting chiefly of flour, egg, and milk or water and being thin enough to pour or drop from a spoon b. a mixture (as of flour and egg) used as a coating for food that is to be fried 2. an instance of battering III. transitive verb Date: 1973 to coat (food) with batter for frying IV. noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1743 a receding upward slope of the outer face of a structure V. transitive verb Date: circa 1882 to give a receding upward slope to (as a wall) VI. noun Date: 1773 one that bats; especially the player whose turn it is to bat

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. v. 1 a tr. strike repeatedly with hard blows, esp. so as to cause visible damage. b intr. (often foll. by against, at, etc.) strike repeated blows; pound heavily and insistently (batter at the door). 2 tr. (often in passive) a handle roughly, esp. over a long period. b censure or criticize severely. Phrases and idioms: battered baby an infant that has suffered repeated violence from adults, esp. its parents. battered wife a wife subjected to repeated violence by her husband. battering-ram hist. a heavy beam, orig. with an end in the form of a carved ram's head, used in breaching fortifications. Derivatives: batterer n. Etymology: ME f. AF baterer f. OF batre beat f. L battuere 2. n. 1 a fluid mixture of flour, egg, and milk or water, used in cooking, esp. for pancakes and for coating food before frying. 2 Printing an area of damaged type. Etymology: ME f. AF batour f. OF bateüre f. batre: see BATTER(1) 3. n. Sport a player batting, esp. in baseball. 4. n. & v. --n. 1 a wall etc. with a sloping face. 2 a receding slope. --v.intr. have a receding slope. Etymology: ME: orig. unkn.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Batter Bat"ter (b[a^]t"t[~e]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Battered (-t[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Battering.] [OE. bateren, OF. batre, F. battre, fr. LL. battere, for L. batuere to strike, beat; of unknown origin. Cf. Abate, Bate to abate.] 1. To beat with successive blows; to beat repeatedly and with violence, so as to bruise, shatter, or demolish; as, to batter a wall or rampart. 2. To wear or impair as if by beating or by hard usage. ``Each battered jade.'' --Pope. 3. (Metallurgy) To flatten (metal) by hammering, so as to compress it inwardly and spread it outwardly.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Batter Bat"ter, n. [OE. batere, batire; cf. OF. bateure, bature, a beating. See Batter, v. t.] 1. A semi-liquid mixture of several ingredients, as, flour, eggs, milk, etc., beaten together and used in cookery. --King. 2. Paste of clay or loam. --Holland. 3. (Printing) A bruise on the face of a plate or of type in the form.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Batter Bat"ter, n. A backward slope in the face of a wall or of a bank; receding slope. Batter rule, an instrument consisting of a rule or frame, and a plumb line, by which the batter or slope of a wall is regulated in building.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Batter Bat"ter, v. i. (Arch.) To slope gently backward.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Batter Bat"ter, n. One who wields a bat; a batsman.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(batters, battering, battered) 1. If someone is battered, they are regularly hit and badly hurt by a member of their family or by their partner. ...evidence that the child was being battered. ...boys who witness fathers battering their mothers. ...battered wives. VERB: be V-ed, V n, V-ed • battering Leaving the relationship does not mean that the battering will stop. N-UNCOUNT 2. To batter someone means to hit them many times, using fists or a heavy object. He battered her around the head... He was battered unconscious. VERB: V n prep/adv, be V-ed adj, also V n • battered Her battered body was discovered in a field. ADJ 3. If a place is battered by wind, rain, or storms, it is seriously damaged or affected by very bad weather. The country has been battered by winds of between fifty and seventy miles an hour. ...a storm that's been battering the Northeast coastline. = pound VERB: usu passive, be V-ed, V n 4. If you batter something, you hit it many times, using your fists or a heavy object. They were battering the door, they were breaking in... Batter the steaks flat. VERB: V n, V n adj 5. Batter is a mixture of flour, eggs, and milk that is used in cooking. ...pancake batter. ...fish in batter. N-VAR 6. In sports such as baseball and softball, a batter is a person who hits the ball with a wooden bat. ...batters and pitchers. N-COUNT 7. see also battered, battering

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. v. a. 1. Beat, smite, pelt, dash against. 2. Bruise, break, shatter, shiver, smash, demolish, destroy, strike down, knock down, shake to pieces, shiver to pieces. 3. Indent, wear, wear away, abrade, deface, mar, disfigure. II. v. n. 1. Attack by battering, employ battery. 2. (Masonry.) Incline, slope, recede, retreat, slope backward. III. n. 1. Paste, liquid paste. 2. Batsman, striker. 3. (Masonry.) Slope backward.

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