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bate - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To flap the wings wildly or frantically. Used of a falcon.
- transitive verb To lessen the force or intensity of; moderate.
- transitive verb To take away; subtract.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To contend; strive; quarrel.
- To beat: in the phrase to bate the wings, to flutter, fly.
- In falconry, to beat the wings impatiently; flutter as preparing for flight, particularly at the sight of prey; flutter away.
- To flutter; be eager or restless.
- To flutter or fly down.
- noun Contention; strife; debate.
- noun Obsolete and less correct spelling of
bait . - To beat down or away; remove by beating.
- To beat back, or blunt.
- To weaken; impair the strength of.
- To lessen or decrease in amount, weight, estimation, etc.; lower; reduce.
- To strike off; deduct; abate.
- To lessen in force or intensity; moderate; diminish: as, to
bate one's breath, or with bated breath (see phrases, below); to bate one's or a person's curiosity. - To rob or deprive of.
- To leave out; except; bar.
- To decrease or fall away in size, amount, force, estimate, etc.
- To steep, as a hide, in an alkaline lye. See
bate , n. - In jute-manuf., to separate (the raw material) into layers, and then soften by sprinkling with oil and water.
- noun The grain of wood or stone.
- noun Same as
bath . - noun The alkaline solution in which hides are steeped after being limed, in order to remove or neutralize the lime.
- noun Obsolete or dialectal preterit of
bite .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Strife; contention.
- transitive verb obsolete To attack; to bait.
- intransitive verb obsolete To flutter as a hawk; to bait.
- noun (Jewish Antiq.) See 2d
bath . - obsolete imp. of
bite . - transitive verb To steep in bate, as hides, in the manufacture of leather.
- noun An alkaline solution consisting of the dung of certain animals; -- employed in the preparation of hides; grainer.
- transitive verb To lessen by retrenching, deducting, or reducing; to abate; to beat down; to lower.
- transitive verb To allow by way of abatement or deduction.
- transitive verb obsolete To leave out; to except.
- transitive verb obsolete To remove.
- transitive verb obsolete To deprive of.
- intransitive verb To remit or retrench a part; -- with
of . - intransitive verb obsolete To waste away.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb nonstandard Simple past of
beat ; =beat . - noun An
alkaline lye which neutralizes the effect of the previous application oflime , and makeshides supple in the process oftanning . - noun A
vat which contains this liquid. - verb transitive To
soak leather so as to removechemicals used intanning ; tosteep in bate. - verb intransitive, slang To
masturbate . - verb transitive To
reduce theforce of something; toabate . - verb transitive To
restrain , usually with the sense of being inanticipation ; as, with bated breath. - verb transitive, figuratively To cut off, remove, take away.
- verb archaic, transitive To leave out, except, bar.
- noun
Strife ;contention . - verb intransitive To
contend orstrive withblows orarguments .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Middle English baten, from Old French batre, to beat; see batter.]
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Middle English baten, short for abaten; see abate.]
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Formed by analogy with eat → ate, with which it shares an analogous past participle (eaten → beaten).
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
From Swedish beta ("maceration, tanning")
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Aphetic from abate.
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Examples
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You misspelled Kristin's name, and though the word "bate" is pretty rarely used, that's the way to spell "bated breath." blog comments powered by Disqus
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• Every household receives a monthly check, or "pre-bate"
My Tax System, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Republicans are doing what they do best, spin, lie, scandalize, fear-bate ......
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“No not a stupid proposal, a genius bate and switch.”
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Why, man, I cud bate ye to death with me two fists if need be.
CHAPTER 19 2010
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Republicans throw the (race card bate) and the Democrats bite it every time.
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He said it as an opening gambit at parties, throwing out bate.
Wintering at Montauk Jane Ciabattari 2010
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• Pre-bate equals payback for taxes on spending to poverty level
My Tax System, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Debateu-se e ainda se bate muito sobre esse jovem musico.
Global Voices in English » Mozambique: House of the Flying Azagaias 2009
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• FairTax's pre-bate ensures progressivity, poverty protection
My Tax System, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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So, as a bate bro, it's because I love to bate, I love watching other guys bate, and I love to bate with other guys. It feels good, it turns me on, it's fun. Watching a man pleasure himself never gets tired, it's my favorite thing.
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synonyms (128)
Words with the same meaning
- abate
- ablate
- abrade
- abstract
- alleviate
- allow
- attack
- attenuate
- bait
- bar
- be eaten away
- blunt
- charge off
- close
- consume
- consume away
- contention
- corrode
- count out
- crumble
- curtail
- cut
- debar
- decline
- decrease
- deduct
- deliquesce
- depreciate
- derogate
- detract
- die away
- die down
- dilute
- diminish
- discount
- disedge
- disparage
- dive
- drain
- draw the teeth
- drop
- drop off
- dull
- dwindle
- ease
- ease off
- ease up
- eat away
- ebb
- eliminate
- erode
- except
- extenuate
- extract
- fall
- fall away
- fall off
- file away
- flap
- grainer
- impair
- kick back
- languish
- leach
- lessen
- let down
- let up
- loose
- loosen
- make allowance
- melt away
- mitigate
- moderate
- obtund
- plummet
- plunge
- purify
- rebate
- reduce
- refine
- refund
- relax
- remit
- remove
- repress
- retrench
- retund
- rub away
- rule out
- run low
- sag
- shorten
- shrink
- sink
- slack
- slack off
- slack up
- slacken
- slake
- strife
- subduct
- subside
- subtract
- suspend
- tail off
- take a premium
- take away
- take from
- take off
- taper
- taper off
- thin
- thin out
- turn
- unbend
- unbrace
- unstrain
- unstring
- wane
- waste
- waste away
- water down
- weaken
- wear
- wear away
- weed
- withdraw
- write off
hypernyms (15)
Words that are more generic or abstract
same context (22)
Words that are found in similar contexts
cross-references (5)
Cross-references
rhymes (108)
Words with the same terminal sound
- Ate
- Cate
- Est
- Fate
- Haight
- Iwate
- Kate
- Kuwait
- Nate
- Solid-state
- State
- Sumgait
- Tate
- Waite
- abate
- actuate
- ate
- await
- bait
- beit
- belate
- berate
- cate
- chait
- circumnavigate
- collate
- commutate
- conflate
- conjugate
- crate
- create
- date
- debate
- deflate
- demodulate
- desecrate
- dictate
- dilate
- eight
- elate
- equate
- est
- estate
- fait
- fate
- fete
- frate
- freight
- gait
- gate
- grate
- great
- hait
- hate
- inflate
- innate
- interrelate
- interstate
- intrastate
- irate
- kate
- late
- lightweight
- mate
- misstate
- multistate
- negate
- oblate
- ornate
- overate
- overrate
- overweight
- pate
- plait
- plate
- postdate
- predate
- procreate
- prorate
- rate
- recreate
- recriminate
- reflate
- reinstate
- relate
- remunerate
- restate
- sate
- sedate
- skate
- slate
- solid-state
- spate
- speight
- state
- straight
- strait
- streight
- tait
- trait
- translate
- underrate
- update
- upstate
- wait
- waite
- wayt
- weight
blafferty commented on the word bate
It drives me crazy when I see this: "She waited with baited breath ..." What, are worms involved?
May 26, 2009
bilby commented on the word bate
"SICINIUS: Sir, the people
Must have their voices; neither will they bate
One jot of ceremony."
- William Shakespeare, 'The Tragedy of Coriolanus'.
August 28, 2009