Antonyms for batten

Grammar : Verb

Spell : bat-n

Phonetic Transcription : ˈbæt n

Definition of batten

Origin : "strip of wood (especially used to fasten canvas over ships' hatches)," 1650s, anglicized variant of baton "a stick, a staff" (see baton). Nautical use attested from 1769.

verb fasten securely
verb grow fat

Example sentences :

After the stakes were set up we had to batten them together.
Extract from : « Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) » by William Delisle Hay

Ivan was not of the type of man to press his popularity and batten upon it.
Extract from : « The Genius » by Margaret Horton Potter

By the third motion the batten crowds this weft-thread into place.
Extract from : « Home Life in Colonial Days » by Alice Morse Earle

Scott ordered the men to batten down the curtains on the weather side.
Extract from : « Four Young Explorers » by Oliver Optic

My purpose was to return on deck—strike off the batten—and set the grating free.
Extract from : « Ran Away to Sea » by Mayne Reid

I remembered where one batten had been removed, and where the other had been attacked by the axe.
Extract from : « Ran Away to Sea » by Mayne Reid

But tell me, Oliver, have you heard of the accident to poor Batten?
Extract from : « Deep Down, a Tale of the Cornish Mines » by R.M. Ballantyne

Assuredly not they, for they batten on corruption; they are the maggots not the bees of industry.
Extract from : « A Son of the Immortals » by Louis Tracy

Home and called at my Lady Batten's, and supped there, and so home.
Extract from : « Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete » by Samuel Pepys

The same we are for other reasons to my Lady Batten and hers.
Extract from : « Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete » by Samuel Pepys

Synonyms for batten

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