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.
Synonyms and Antonyms for Bate
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