The average annual yield from one coffee tree is the equivalent of 1 to 1 1/2 pounds of roasted coffee. It takes about 4,000 hand-picked green coffee beans to make a pound of coffee.
bated
(adjective) diminished or moderated; “our bated enthusiasm”; “his bated hopes”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
bated (comparative more bated, superlative most bated)
Reduced; lowered; restrained
bated
simple past tense and past participle of bate
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Bat"ed, a.
Definition: Reduced; lowered; restrained; as, to speak with bated breath. Macaulay.
Bate, n. Etym: [Prob. abbrev. from debate.]
Definition: Strife; contention. [Obs.] Shak.
Bate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bated; p. pr. & vb. n. Bating.] Etym: [From abate.]
1. To lessen by retrenching, deducting, or reducing; to abate; to beat down; to lower. He must either bate the laborer's wages, or not employ or not pay him. Locke.
2. To allow by way of abatement or deduction. To whom he bates nothing or what he stood upon with the parliament. South.
3. To leave out; to except. [Obs.] Bate me the king, and, be he flesh and blood. He lies that says it. Beau. & Fl.
4. To remove. [Obs.] About autumn bate the earth from about the roots of olives, and lay them bare. Holland.
5. To deprive of. [Obs.] When baseness is exalted, do not bate The place its honor for the person's sake. Herbert.
Bate, v. i.
1. To remit or retrench a part; -- with of. Abate thy speed, and I will bate of mine. Dryden.
2. To waste away. [Obs.] Shak.
Bate, v. t.
Definition: To attack; to bait. [Obs.] Spenser.
Bate, imp.
Definition: of Bite. [Obs.] Spenser.
Bate, v. i. Etym: [F. battre des ailes to flutter. Cf. Bait to flutter.]
Definition: To flutter as a hawk; to bait. [Obs.] Bacon.
Bate, n. (Jewish Antiq.)
Definition: See 2d Bath.
Bate, n. Etym: [Cf. Sw. beta maceration, soaking, G. beize, and E. bite.]
Definition: An alkaline solution consisting of the dung of certain animals;
– employed in the preparation of hides; grainer. Knight.
Bate, v. t.
Definition: To steep in bate, as hides, in the manufacture of leather.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
11 May 2025
(noun) a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc.
The average annual yield from one coffee tree is the equivalent of 1 to 1 1/2 pounds of roasted coffee. It takes about 4,000 hand-picked green coffee beans to make a pound of coffee.