Bathe, v. n.
- 1. Wash the body, go into a bath, take a bath, use the bath.
- 2. Be immersed, float, be streamed upon, lie beneath, lie floating.
Bathos, n. Anticlimax, false sublime, moral sublime, sham exaltation, the fatal step from the sublime to the ridiculous, bombast.
Bating, prep. Except, excepting, barring, deducting.
Baton, n. Staff, truncheon, wand, rod, sceptre, staff of office.
Batten, n. Wooden strip.
Batten, v. a.
- 1. Fasten with battens.
- 2. Fatten, make fat.
Batten, v. n. Grow fat, fatten, thrive.
Batter, v. a.
- 1. Beat, smite, pelt, dash against.
- 2. Bruise, break, shatter, shiver, smash, demolish, destroy, strike down, knock down, shake to pieces,
shiver to pieces.
- 3. Indent, wear, wear away, abrade, deface, mar, disfigure.
Batter, v. n.
- 1. Attack by battering, employ battery.
- 2. (Masonry.) Incline, slope, recede, retreat, slope backward.
Batter, n.
- 1. Paste, liquid paste.
- 2. Batsman, striker.
- 3. (Masonry.) Slope backward.