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BATTERED
battered
(adjective) exhibiting symptoms resulting from repeated physical and emotional injury; “a battered child”; “the battered woman syndrome”
battered, beat-up, beaten-up
(adjective) damaged by blows or hard usage; “a battered old car”; “the beaten-up old Ford”
battered
(adjective) damaged especially by hard usage; “his battered old hat”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
battered
simple past tense and past participle of batter
Adjective
battered (comparative more battered, superlative most battered)
Beaten up through a lot of use; in rough condition; weathered.
Beaten repeatedly or consistently; beaten up.
(cooking) Coated with batter.
Anagrams
• rebatted
Source: Wiktionary
BATTER
Bat"ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Battered (; p. pr. & vb. n. Battering.] Etym: [OE. bateren, OF. batre, F. battre, fr. LL. battere, for L. batuere to strike, beat; of unknown origin. Cf. Abate, Bate to abate.]
1. To beat with successive blows; to beat repeatedly and with violence, so as to bruise, shatter, or demolish; as, to batter a wall or rampart.
2. To wear or impair as if by beating or by hard usage. "Each battered jade." Pope.
3. (Metallurgy)
Definition: To flatten (metal) by hammering, so as to compress it inwardly and spread it outwardly.
Bat"ter, n. Etym: [OE. batere, batire; cf. OF. bateure, bature, a beating. See Batter, v. t.]
1. A semi-liquid mixture of several ingredients, as, flour, eggs, milk, etc. , beaten together and used in cookery. King.
2. Paste of clay or loam. Holland.
3. (Printing)
Definition: A bruise on the face of a plate or of type in the form.
Bat"ter, n.
Definition: A backward slope in the face of a wall or of a bank; receding slope. Batter rule, an instrument consisting of a rule or frame, and a plumb line, by which the batter or slope of a wall is regulated in building.
Bat"ter, v. i. (Arch.)
Definition: To slope gently backward.
Bat"ter, n.
Definition: One who wields a bat; a batsman.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CRITICAL
(adjective) characterized by careful evaluation and judgment; “a critical reading”; “a critical dissertation”; “a critical analysis of Melville’s writings”
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