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bat·ter4    Audio Help   [bat-er] Pronunciation Key Architecture
–verb (used without object)
1.(of the face of a wall or the like) to slope backward and upward.
–noun
2.a backward and upward slope of the face of a wall or the like.
[Origin: 1540–50; of obscure orig.]
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bat·ter3    Audio Help   [bat-er] Pronunciation Key
–noun
a player who swings a bat or whose turn it is to bat, as in baseball or cricket.
[Origin: 1765–75; bat1 + -er1]
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bat·ter2    Audio Help   [bat-er] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.a mixture of flour, milk or water, eggs, etc., beaten together for use in cookery.
–verb (used with object)
2.to coat with batter.
[Origin: 1350–1400; ME bat(o)ur, bat(e)re, perh. < AF bature, OF bat(e)ure act of beating (bat(re) to beat (see bate2) + -eure < *-ātūra; see -ate2, -ure), reinforced by batter1]
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bat·ter1    Audio Help   [bat-er] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object)
1.to beat persistently or hard; pound repeatedly.
2.to damage by beating or hard usage: Rough roads had battered the car. High winds were battering the coast.
–verb (used without object)
3.to deal heavy, repeated blows; pound steadily: continuing to batter at the front door.
–noun
4.Printing.
a.a damaged area on the face of type or plate.
b.the resulting defect in print.
[Origin: 1300–50; ME bateren, prob. < MF, OF batre to beat (see bate2), with the inf. ending identified with -er6; cf. AF baterer]

—Synonyms 1. belabor, smite, pelt. 2. bruise, wound; smash, shatter, shiver; destroy, ruin.
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Thesaurus Entries
  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus - Cite This Source
Main Entry:  batter
Part of Speech:  verb
Definition:  To injure or damage, as by abuse or heavy wear.
Synonyms:  knock about, mangle, maul, rough up
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus - Cite This Source
Main Entry:  beat
Part of Speech:  verb
Definition:  To hit heavily and repeatedly with violent blows.
Synonyms:  assail, assault, baste, belabor, buffet, drub, hammer, pound, pummel, smash, thrash, thresh
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.


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