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Batten

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Noun, Verb (transitive), Verb (intransitive)
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bat=ten

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun Batten has 2 senses

Verb Batten has 2 senses

CIDE DICTIONARY

Battenv. t. [See Batful.].
  •  To make fat by plenteous feeding; to fatten.  Milton.  [1913 Webster]
  •  To fertilize or enrich, as land.  [1913 Webster]
Battenv. i. 
     To grow fat; to grow fat in ease and luxury; to glut one's self.  Dryden.  [1913 Webster]
    "The pampered monarch lay battening in ease."  [1913 Webster]
    "Skeptics, with a taste for carrion, who batten on the hideous facts in history, -- persecutions, inquisitions."  [1913 Webster]
Battenn. [F. b stick, staff. See Baton.].
     A strip of sawed stuff, or a scantling;  [1913 Webster]
Batten door (Arch.), a door made of boards of the whole length of the door, secured by battens nailed crosswise.
Battenv. t. 
     To furnish or fasten with battens.  [1913 Webster]
To batten down, to fasten down with battens, as the tarpaulin over the hatches of a ship during a storm.
Battenn. [F. battant. See Batter, v. t.].
     The movable bar of a loom, which strikes home or closes the threads of a woof.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Batten, n. & v.
--n.
1 a long flat strip of squared timber or metal, esp. used to hold something in place or as a fastening against a wall etc.
2 a strip of wood used for clamping the boards of a door etc.
3 Naut. a strip of wood or metal for securing a tarpaulin over a ship's hatchway.
--v.tr. strengthen or fasten with battens.

Idiom
batten down the hatches
1 Naut. secure a ship's tarpaulins.
2 prepare for a difficulty or crisis.
Batten, v.intr. (foll. by on) thrive or prosper at another's expense.

Etymology
ON batna get better f. bati advantage

THESAURUS

Batten

Mystik tape, Scotch tape, act drop, adhesive tape, anchor, articulate, asbestos, asbestos board, backdrop, band, bandage, bang, bar, barricade, batten down, belay, belt, bloom, blossom, bolt, bolt down, boom, border, buckle, butt, button, button up, cellophane tape, chain, choke, choke off, clap, clasp, cleat, clip, close, close up, cloth, cloth tape, constrict, contain, contract, coulisse, counterweight, cover, cram, curtain, curtain board, cyclorama, decor, devour, dovetail, drop, drop curtain, engorge, fascia, fasten, fasten down, fatten, fillet, fire curtain, flat, flipper, flourish, flower, fold, fold up, friction tape, girdle, glut, gluttonize, gobble, gorge, gormandize, grow fat, gulp, gulp down, guttle, guzzle, hanging, hasp, hinge, hitch, hook, jam, joint, key, latch, lath, ligula, ligule, list, live to eat, lock, lock out, lock up, make fast, make secure, make sure, masking tape, miter, moor, mortise, nail, occlude, padlock, peg, pin, plank, plastic tape, plumb, rabbet, rag, raven, ribband, ribbon, rivet, scarf, scene, scenery, screen, screw, seal, seal off, seal up, secure, sew, shred, shut, shut the door, shut up, side scene, skewer, slam, slat, slip, snap, spill, spline, squeeze shut, stage screw, staple, stick, stitch, strake, strangle, strap, strip, strop, stuff, tab, tableau, tack, taenia, tape, tape measure, tapeline, teaser, tether, thrive, ticker tape, tie, toggle, tormentor, transformation, transformation scene, wedge, wing, wingcut, wolf, wolf down, woodcut, zip up, zipper
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