English to English
batten
('b/&/t/-/n
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noun (n)
- stuffing made of rolls or sheets of cotton wool or synthetic fiber(noun.artifact)source: wordnet30
- a strip fixed to something to hold it firm(noun.artifact)source: wordnet30
- A strip of sawed stuff, or a scantling;(noun)source: webster1913
- The movable bar of a loom, which strikes home or closes the threads of a woof.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- furnish with battens(verb.contact)Example:
Batten ships.
source: wordnet30 - secure with battens(verb.contact)Example:
Batten down a ship's hatches.
source: wordnet30 - To make fat by plenteous feeding; to fatten.(verb)source: webster1913
- To grow fat; to grow fat in ease and luxury; to glut one's self.(verb)source: webster1913
- To furnish or fasten with battens.(verb)source: webster1913
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