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   What does 'batten on' mean?

   • Batten on is a British, formal term with a disapproving tone, meaning 'to live well or succeed by using (something or someone)'. For example, 'He is someone who battens on the generosity of others'.

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   What does it mean when someone battens on a particular person?

   • If you say that someone exploits a particular person or thing, you disapprove of the fact that they become successful by forming a close connection with that person or thing. It was also precisely that trait that made the paparazzi exploit her like sharks in a feeding frenzy. [VERB PARTICLE noun] Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.

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   What does Batten a skeleton mean?

   • A skeleton battened on by kites and crows. figurative. To thrive, grow fat, prosper ( esp. in a bad sense, at the expense or to the detriment of another); to gratify a morbid mental craving. And with these thoughts so battens, as if Fate Would be as easily cheated on, as he. That religion should batten with blood.

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   What does bated mean?

   • used to indicate that something is very unlikely to happen. in great suspense; very anxiously or excitedly. Baited , which is sometimes seen, is a misspelling, since bated in this sense is a shortened form of abated , the idea being that your breathing is lessened under the influence of extreme suspense.

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   Did the hatches have to be battened down?

   • In fact, it looks as if the hatches had been battened down. Indeed, the regulations might require chairs to be battened together or require the provision of an adequate number of attendants to assist with the audience.

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   BATTENED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of batten 2. to fasten something by fixing pieces of wood onto…. Learn more.

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     BATTENED meaning: 1. past simple and past participle of...

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     BATTENED definicja: 1. past simple and past participle of...

   • BATTEN ON SOMEONE

     to live well by using someone else's money: He's spent these...

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   batten on. If you say that someone battens on a particular person or thing, you disapprove of the fact that they become successful by forming a close connection with that person or thing. It was also precisely that trait that made the paparazzi batten on her like sharks in a feeding frenzy. [VERB PARTICLE noun]

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   The meaning of BATTEN ON is to live well or succeed by using (something or someone). How to use batten on in a sentence.

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   1 day ago · Definition of batten on phrasal verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   to live well by using someone else's money: He's spent these last five years battening on a rich aunt of his. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Treating people or animals badly. a raw deal idiom. abuser. anti-harassment. at the hands of someone idiom. batten.

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   What does the verb batten mean? There are six meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb batten , two of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

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   noun. 1. a. British : a piece of lumber used especially for flooring. b. : a thin narrow strip of lumber used especially to seal or reinforce a joint. 2. : a strip, bar, or support resembling or used similarly to a batten (as in a sail) batten.