batten
Synonym of battle or soil: fertile, fruitful”)Synonym of battle (“of grass or pasture: nutritious to cattle or sheep; of land (originally pastureland) or soil: fertile, fruitful”).
» Batten doors are sadly falling out of fashion.
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1 senses(obsolete)Synonym of battle (“of grass or pasture: nutritious to cattle or sheep; of land (originally pastureland) or soil: fertile, fruitful”).
Examples
3 sentencesBatten doors are sadly falling out of fashion.
Batten down the hatches.
Batten down the hatches!
Origin
The verb is derived from Middle English *battenen, *batnen, of North Germanic origin, probThe verb is derived from Middle English *battenen, *batnen, of North Germanic origin, probably from Old Norse batna (“to grow better, improve, recover”), from Proto-Germanic *batnaną (“to become better, improve”) (compare Old Norse bati (“advantage, improvement”), from Proto-Germanic *batô (“improvement, recovery”)), from *bataz (“good”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰed- (“good”). Compare battle (“(adjective) improving; fattening, nutritious; fertile, fruitful; (verb) to feed or nourish; to render (land, etc.) fertile or fruitful”) (obsolete).
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Forms
more batten, most batten| Comparative | more batten Lesson |
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| Superlative | most batten Lesson |
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Synonyms
2 synonymsLessons for this word
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