Battered

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Batter \Bat"ter\ (b[a^]t"t[~e]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Battered}
     (b[a^]t"t[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Battering}.] [OE. bateren,
     OF. batre, F. battre, fr. LL. battere, for L. batuere to
     strike, beat; of unknown origin. Cf. {Abate}, {Bate} to
     abate.]
     [1913 Webster]


     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.
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     2. To wear or impair as if by beating or by hard usage. "Each
        battered jade." --Pope.
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     3. (Metallurgy) To flatten (metal) by hammering, so as to
        compress it inwardly and spread it outwardly.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  battered \battered\ adj.
     1. In deplorable condition; as, the battered old Ford station
        wagon.
  
     Syn: beat-up, beaten-up, bedraggled, broken-down,
          dilapidated, ramshackle, tumble-down, unsound.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. Hit or pounded repeatedly and violently with heavy blows;
        as, a battered old car; antomyn of {unbattered}. [Narrower
        terms: {buffeted}; {storm-tossed, tempest-tossed,
        tempest-tost, tempest-swept}]
        [WordNet 1.5]
  
     3. Damaged especially by hard usage. his battered old hat
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     4. beaten repeatedly; -- of people; as, a battered child; the
        battered woman syndrome; a battered wife.
  
     Syn: beaten.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  battered
       adj 1: damaged by blows or hard usage; "a battered old car"; "the
              beaten-up old Ford" [syn: {beat-up}, {beaten-up}]
       2: damaged especially by hard usage; "his battered old hat"
       3: beaten repeatedly with heavy blows; "a battered child"; "the
          battered woman syndrome" [syn: {beaten}]