Bate

Word BATE
Character 4
Hyphenation bate
Pronunciations /beɪt/

Definitions and meanings of "Bate"

What do we mean by bate?

To flap the wings wildly or frantically. Used of a falcon. intransitive verb

To lessen the force or intensity of; moderate. transitive verb

To take away; subtract. transitive verb

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.

Contention; strife; debate. noun

Obsolete and less correct spelling of bait. noun

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.

To reduce the force of something; to abate.

To restrain, usually with the sense of being in anticipation

(sometimes figurative) To cut off, remove, take away.

To leave out, except, bar.

To waste away.

To deprive of.

To lessen by retrenching, deducting, or reducing; to abate; to beat down; to lower.

To allow by way of abatement or deduction.

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The word "bate" in example sentences

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 ❋ Unknown (2007)

He said it as an opening gambit at parties, throwing out bate. ❋ Jane Ciabattari (2010)

Republicans throw the (race card bate) and the Democrats bite it every time. ❋ Unknown (2009)

She ignored him, grabbed the door handle, and took a deep breath, half expecting Cassidy to have wound Scully up into a bate in her absence. ❋ Gerard O’Donovan (2011)

Republicans are doing what they do best, spin, lie, scandalize, fear-bate ...... ❋ Unknown (2009)

Why, man, I cud bate ye to death with me two fists if need be. ❋ Unknown (2010)

“No not a stupid proposal, a genius bate and switch.” ❋ Unknown (2010)

Ora, para explicar os motivos por trás do bate-boca entre Gilmar Mendes e Joaquim Barbosa, a mídia seria obrigada a fazer o que não fez até agora: informar. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Makes me think of "Better Off Dead" and the Asian guys who dressed like Howard Cosell and tried to bate Cusack into drag racing. ❋ Unknown (2010)

• Pre-bate equals payback for taxes on spending to poverty level ❋ Unknown (2009)

• Every household receives a monthly check, or "pre-bate" ❋ Unknown (2009)

Debateu-se e ainda se bate muito sobre esse jovem musico. ❋ Unknown (2009)

• FairTax's pre-bate ensures progressivity, poverty protection ❋ Unknown (2009)

The media portrayed Palin as a right-wing extremist, and many conservatives fell for the bate. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Get out of the race Hilliary because you are starting to really bite the republican bate. ❋ Unknown (2008)

She continues to race bate and attempt to divide and bring all those unwilling to embrace regardless of skin tone out and she is clearly one, what she is doing or has done is hidden racism. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Obama don't take the Lincoln-Douglas de-bate .... hells_fury ❋ Unknown (2008)

Throw in the garden-variety diplomacy of the modern professional golfer, who is no more inclined to bate his rivals with predictions of imminent victory than he is to start quoting Wordsworth, and you arrive at the position where, apparently, the two squads pitching up at Celtic Manor will be "perfectly matched" and "have everything to play for". ❋ Unknown (2010)

Still, that won't stop political observers from serving up a fresh batch of click bate. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The Bill also includes a “pre-bate” which in effect, exempts the tax on essentials to the “poverty level” distributed by states to all households regardless of income level. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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