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Definition of Battered

1. Adjective. Damaged by blows or hard usage. "The beaten-up old Ford"

2. Adjective. Damaged especially by hard usage. "His battered old hat"

3. Adjective. Exhibiting symptoms resulting from repeated physical and emotional injury. "The battered woman syndrome"

Definition of Battered

1. Verb. (past of batter) ¹

2. Adjective. Beaten up through a lot of use; in rough condition; weathered, beat-up. ¹

3. Adjective. Beaten repeatedly or consistently; beaten up. ¹

4. Adjective. (context: cooking) Coated with batter. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Battered

1. batter [v] - See also: batter

Lexicographical Neighbors of Battered

batten batten down batten down the hatches battened battener batteners battening battens batter batter's box

batter's boxes batter bread batter up battercake battered (current term) battered child syndrome battered spouse syndrome battered women batteree batterees

batterer batterers batterie batterie de cuisine batteries battering battering ram battering rams battering train

Literary usage of Battered

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling (1894)
"Then he was battered to and fro as a rat is shaken by a dog— to and fro on the floor, up and down, and round "THEN RIKKI-TIKKI WAS battered TO AND FRO AS A ..."

2. Violence Against Women: Victims, Abusers, Prevention and Protection, Legal ...by Joan Zorza by Joan Zorza (2004)
"See battered woman's syndrome battered woman's syndrome (BWS) case law, 8-5-8-8 and child ... See also battered woman's syndrome animals of, shelters for, ..."

3. Eminent Women of the Age: Being Narratives of the Lives and Deeds of the (1868)
"So it happens that the gloves your lovers find will be sure to be Lisle thread, and dingy and battered at that ; for how can you pluck flowers, ..."

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