battened
past simple and past participle ofbatten
batten
verb[T]
uk/ˈbæt.ən/us/ˈbæt̬.ən/tofastensomething byfixingpiecesofwoodonto it:
Theboxesweresecurelybattened before thejourney.
Locking and bolting
- bar
- batten
- bolt
- handcuff
- hermetically
- latch
- lock
- lock (something) up
- locksomeoneout
- locksomethingaway
- locksomethingin
- lockable
- love lock
- manacle
- padlock
- relock
- shut
- shutsomeoneaway
- under lock and keyidiom
Idiom
batten down the hatches
Phrasal verb
batten onsomeone
Examplesofbattened
battened
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
They were confined to the engine-room and stokehold, which werebatteneddown, living on sodden hardtack and raw stockfish.
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New concepts werebattenedonto preexisting norms.
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In the case of slum property, where landlords havebattenedon the housing problem, the property should be taken over and site value paid.
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Where extensive war damage had been done to roofs, these were to be covered with tarpaulins, or roofing felt wellbatteneddown.
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Areas of the prison are literallybatteneddown at night and nobody ventures in.
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I hope that before the summit, people will not havebatteneddown their national budgets.
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Meanwhile, we havebatteneddown the hatches and the ship remains on course.
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I also noticed in one of the accounts that 200 of the deportees werebatteneddown below and were unable to get out.
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In fact, it looks as if the hatches had beenbatteneddown.
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Indeed, the regulations might require chairs to bebattenedtogether or require the provision of an adequate number of attendants to assist with the audience.
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I have sat on them too long not to be aware of the scandals in public assessment affairs, and how the rich havebattenedon the poor times without number.
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Now, however, we havebatteneddown the hatches and put our noses to the grindstone - and that is just as well, since no one else is interested.
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As we have told them in debate after debate, it is when production is held down and productivity isbatteneddown that costs and prices rise.
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Much of the activity would be driven underground and so into the hands of crooks and racketeers of all kinds who have alreadybattenedon to the games.
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This same wave snapped the anchor cable and washed away all items notbatteneddown.
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- strap something up
- strap sth up
- strap-sth-up
- strap-up
- strata
- stratagem
- strata title
- strata-title
- strategic
- strategic advantage
- strategic-advantage
- strategic alliance
- strategic-alliance
- strategically
- strategic analysis
- strategic-analysis
- strategic approach
- strike-pay
- strike price
- strike-price
- striker
- strike rate
- strike-rate
- strike sb down
- strike-sb-down