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battered

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bat·ter 1  (btr)
v. bat·tered, bat·ter·ing, bat·ters
v.tr.
1. To hit heavily and repeatedly with violent blows.
2. To subject to repeated beatings or physical abuse.
3. To damage, as by heavy wear.
v.intr.
To pound repeatedly with heavy blows.
n. Printing
A damaged area on the face of type or on a plate.

[Middle English bateren, from Old French batre, from Late Latin battere, from Latin battuere.]
Synonyms: batter1, maim, mangle1, maul, mutilate
These verbs mean to damage, injure, or disfigure by beating, abuse, or hard use: a house battered by a hurricane; a construction worker maimed in an accident; machinery that mangled the worker's fingers; a tent mauled by a hungry bear; mutilated the painting with a razor. See Also Synonyms at beat.

bat·ter 2  (btr)
n. Sports
The player at bat in baseball and cricket.

bat·ter 3  (btr)
n.
A liquid or semiliquid mixture, as of flour, milk, and eggs, used in cooking.
tr.v. bat·tered, bat·ter·ing, bat·ters
To coat in batter: battered the vegetables and then fried them.

[Middle English bater, probably from Old French bateure, a beating, from batre, to beat; see batter1.]

bat·ter 4  (btr)
n.
A slope, as of the outer face of a wall, that recedes from bottom to top.
tr.v. bat·tered, bat·ter·ing, bat·ters
To construct so as to create an upwardly receding slope.

[Origin unknown.]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.battered - damaged by blows or hard usage; "a battered old car"; "the beaten-up old Ford"
damaged - harmed or injured or spoiled; "I won't buy damaged goods"; "the storm left a wake of badly damaged buildings"
2.battered - damaged especially by hard usage; "his battered old hat"
worn - affected by wear; damaged by long use; "worn threads on the screw"; "a worn suit"; "the worn pockets on the jacket"
3.battered - exhibiting symptoms resulting from repeated physical and emotional injury; "a battered child"; "the battered woman syndrome"
ill-treated, maltreated, mistreated, abused - subjected to cruel treatment; "an abused wife"

battered
Translations
battered [ˈbætəd] adj [hat, pan] → estropeado
battered [ˈbætəd] batter adj [hat, pan] → cabossé(e);
battered wife/child → épouse/enfant maltraité(e) or martyr(e)
battered [ˈbætəd] adj (hat, pan) → verbeult;
battered wife → misshandelte Ehefrau;
battered child → misshandeltes Kind
battered [ˈbætəd] adj [hat] → sformato/a; [pan] → ammaccato/a;
battered wife/baby → consorte f /bambino/a maltrattato/a


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Among the shifting, sonorous, pulsing crowd glimpses could be had of Jerry's high hat, battered by the winds and rains of many years; of his nose like a carrot, battered by the frolicsome, athletic progeny of millionaires and by contumacious fares; of his brass-buttoned green coat, admired in the vicinity of McGary's.
Down the road came striding the shabby figure of the old woman who had helped him set the trap; and very wrathy was she when she saw that the cottage door had been battered in.
The very first Christmas night I ever spent away from land was employed in running before a Gulf of Lions gale, which made the old ship groan in every timber as she skipped before it over the short seas until we brought her to, battered and out of breath, under the lee of Majorca, where the smooth water was torn by fierce cat's-paws under a very stormy sky.
 
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