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The correct spelling is battening.
How to pronounce battening
verb
Say it like: Bat-ten-ing
The correct spelling is battening. To become better; improve in condition, especially by feeding. For example: "Robber barons who battened on the poor"
Usage Examples
“Robber barons who battened on the poor”
Meanings
verb
- 1.To become better; improve in condition, especially by feeding.
- 2.To feed (on); to revel (in).
- 3.To thrive by feeding; grow fat; feed oneself gluttonously.
- 4.To thrive, prosper, or live in luxury, especially at the expense of others; fare sumptuously.
- 5.To gratify a morbid appetite or craving; gloat.
noun
- 1.A thin strip of wood used in construction to hold members of a structure together or to provide a fixing point.
- 2.A long strip of wood, metal, fibreglass etc., used for various purposes aboard ship, especially one inserted in a pocket sewn on the sail in order to keep the sail flat.
- 3.In stagecraft, a long pipe, usually metal, affixed to the ceiling or fly system in a theater.
- 4.The movable bar of a loom, which strikes home or closes the threads of a woof.
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