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1. (n.) batten
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. batten
a strip of wood used to keep a sail flat.
3. batten
a length of wood or metal used on a ship, esp. to secure a tarpaulin over a hatch.
4. (v.t.) batten
to furnish or bolster with battens.
5. batten
to cover a ship's hatches with tarpaulins held in place with battens.
6. batten
to prepare to meet an emergency.
7. (v.i.) batten
to thrive by feeding; grow fat.
8. batten
to feed gluttonously or greedily.
9. batten
to thrive, prosper, or live in luxury, esp. at the expense of others.
10. (v.t.) batten
to cause to thrive by or as if by feeding; fatten.
Etymology: (1585–95; appar. < ON batna to improve; akin to Go gabatnan, OE gebatian to improve; see better1)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) batting, batten
stuffing made of rolls or sheets of cotton wool or synthetic fiber
2. (verb) batten
a strip fixed to something to hold it firm
3. (verb) batten, batten down, secure
furnish with battens
"batten ships"
4. (verb) batten
secure with battens
"batten down a ship's hatches"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. batten
a strip of sawed stuff, or a scantling; as, (a) pl. (Com. & Arch.) Sawed timbers about 7 by 2 1/2 inches and not less than 6 feet long. Brande & C. (b) (Naut.) A strip of wood used in fastening the edges of a tarpaulin to the deck, also around masts to prevent chafing. (c) A long, thin strip used to strengthen a part, to cover a crack, etc
2. (verb) batten
to make fat by plenteous feeding; to fatten
3. (verb) batten
to fertilize or enrich, as land
4. (verb) batten
to grow fat; to grow fat in ease and luxury; to glut one's self
5. (verb) batten
to furnish or fasten with battens
6. (verb) batten
the movable bar of a loom, which strikes home or closes the threads of a woof
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The Standard Electrical Dictionary |
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1. batten
A strip of wood grooved longitudinally for holding wires in wiring apartments for electric light or power. In use they are fastened to the wall, grooves inward, or else grooves outward, with the wires lying in the grooves and covered with the covering strip. For two wire work each batten contains two grooves; for the three wire system it contains three grooves.
Synonym--Moulding.
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Sense: a piece of wood used for keeping other pieces in place
These strips are all fastened together with a batten.
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 Afrikaans: heglat |
 Arabic: عارِضَةٌ خَشَبِيّه |
 Bulgarian: летва |
 Brazilian: ripa |
 Czech: prkno, lišta, lať |
 German: die Leiste |
 Danish: bjælke; spærre |
 Greek: σανίδα συνοχής |
 Spanish: alfarjía |
 Estonian: põikliist |
 Farsi: تختۀ نازک؛ طوقه |
 Finnish: rima |
 French: latte, planche |
 Hebrew: נֶסֶר |
 Hindi: तख्ता |
 Croatian: letva |
 Hungarian: (szegély)léc |
 Indonesian: kayu pengikat |
 Icelandic: battingur, mjótt borð/fjö |
 Italian: listello, assicella |
 Japanese: 帯板 |
 Korean: (이은 짬 등을 막는) 오리목, 줄눈판, 소폭 |
 Lithuanian: skersinė lenta |
 Latvian: lata;šķērskoks; apmetuma |
 Malay: kayu tetulang |
 Dutch: lat |
 Norwegian: tverrtre, bjelke, lekte |
 Polish: listwa |
 Persian: تختۀ نازک؛ طوقه |
 Pashto: دړه، تخته (د تمبى يا چارت |
 Portuguese: ripa |
 Romanian: scândură; şipcă |
 Russian: рейка |
 Slovak: doska, lata |
 Slovenian: letev, deska |
 Serbian: lajsna |
 Swedish: ribba, list, läkt |
 Thai: ไม้ดาม |
 Turkish: ince tahta parçası, tiriz |
 Taiwanese: 壓條 |
 Ukrainian: рейка |
 Urdu: لکڑی کی پٹی |
 Vietnamese: ván lót |
 Chinese: 压条 |
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