Meaning

7 senses
  1. To hit or strike violently and repeatedly.

    The firemen battered down the door.

    rammen, prügeln, schlagen

    избива́тьizbivátʹ, изби́тьizbítʹ, колоти́тьkolotítʹ

    strike violently and repeatedly

  2. To coat with batter (the food ingredient).

    I prefer it when they batter the cod with breadcrumbs.

    panieren, einbacken

  3. (figuratively)To defeat soundly; to thrash.

    Leeds United battered Charlton 7-0.

  4. (UK, passive, slang, usually)To intoxicate.

    That cocktail will batter you!

    I was battered last night on our pub crawl.

  5. To flatten (metal) by hammering, so as to compress it inwardly and spread it outwardly.

    plattschlagen

  6. To slope (of walls, buildings etc.).

  7. (UK, obsolete)To coat in a paste-like substance; to fasten with a paste-like glue.

Examples

74 sentences
  1. The firemen battered down the door.

    ruПожарные вышибли дверь. — marafon

    deDie Feuerwehrmänner schlugen die Tür ein. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. He is a very good batter.

    deEr ist ein sehr guter Schläger. — al_ex_an_der

  3. Tom is a very good batter.

    deTom ist ein sehr guter Schläger. — wolfgangth

  4. Tom is a pretty good batter.

  5. Tom is a left-handed batter.

Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to hit or strike violently and repeatedly:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
to hit or strike violently and repeatedly:
to coat with batter:
to flatten metal:

Origin

From Middle English batteren, batren, bateren, a frequentative of Middle English batten, b

From Middle English batteren, batren, bateren, a frequentative of Middle English batten, baten (“to beat”), equivalent to bat + -er (frequentative suffix).

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Forms

batters, battering, battered, battered
Base formbatter · to batter
3rd person singularbatters
Present participlebattering
Past simplebattered
Past participlebattered

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybatter
he, she, itbatters

Past simpleLesson

all personsbattered

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave battered
he, she, ithas battered

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill batter

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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