English

Pronunciation
IPA|/beɪt/
:rhymes|eɪt

Homophones
bait

Etymology 1
Aphetic from term|abate.

Verb
en-verb|bat|ing

1. transitive To reduce the force of something; to abate.
2. transitive To restrain, usually with the sense of being in anticipation; as, with bated breath.

Etymology 2
Noun: From the verb, or directly from the noun term|debate.
Verb: From OF. term|batre|langfro (French term|battre|langfr), from LL. term|batere|lang=la.

Noun
en-noun|-

1. strife|Strife; contention.

#*1598, William Shakespeare, King Henry IV, Part 2
#*:... and wears his boots very smooth, like unto the sign of the leg, and breeds no bate with telling of discreet stories;
#*1888, Sir Richard Burton, The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night (Arabian Nights)
#*:So the strife redoubled and the weapons together clashed and ceased not bate and debate and naught was to be seen but blood flowing and necks bowing;
#*1911, H.G. Wells, The New Machiavelli
#*:The other merely needs jealousy and bate, of which there are great and easily accessible reservoirs in every human heart.

Verb
en-verb|bat|ing

1. intransitive To contend or strive with blows or arguments.
2. intransitive Of a falcon: To flap the wings vigorously.

Etymology 3
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Noun
en-noun|s|-

1. uncountable An alkaline lye which neutralizes the effect of the previous application of lime, and makes hides supple in the process of tanning.
2. countable A vat which contains this liquid.

Verb
en-verb|bat|ing

1. transitive To soak leather so as to remove chemicals used in tanning; to steep in bate.

Category:English words with multiple etymologies

Spanish

Noun
es-noun-m

1. sports|lang=es bat
2. context|Honduras|slang|lang=es reefer, joint.

Synonyms
sense|joint canuto m, carruco m i|Honduras, leño m i|Honduras, porro m, pito m i|Chile

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el:bate
es:bate
fa:bate
fr:bate
io:bate
hu:bate
ru:bate
te:bate
vi:bate
zh:bate

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