battered

Определение battered в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь: Simple past tense and past participle of batter; Coated with batter; Beaten up through a lot of use; in rough condition; weathered, beat-up; Beaten repeatedly or consistently; beaten up; Something that is battered is old and in poor condition because it has been used a lot. He drove up in a battered old car. a battered leather suitcase; damaged especially by hard usage; "his battered old hat; {s} beaten, hit repeatedly; damaged especially by hard usage; "his battered old hat"; damaged by blows or hard usage; "a battered old car"; "the beaten-up old Ford"; beaten repeatedly with heavy blows; "a battered child"; "the battered woman syndrome"; past of batter
battered by severe weather: pounded by stormy weather
battered wife: woman who is physically abused by her husband
battered wives: women who are abused by their husbands
battered woman syndrome: A pattern of signs and symptoms, such as fearfulness and a feeling of helplessness, commonly appearing in women who are physically and mentally abused over an extended period by a husband or partner. Psychological and behavioral pattern displayed by female victims of domestic violence. Explanations that have evolved since the late 1970s include learned helplessness, a "cycle of violence" theory, and a form of post-traumatic stress disorder. The term is a legal concept rather than a psychiatric diagnosis and lacks clearly defined criteria. It has been used to support legal arguments of self-defense, diminished responsibility, or insanity when a woman is accused of murdering or assaulting her batterer, committing a crime under his coercion, or provoking the behaviour the batterer is on trial for. Critics say the term creates a stereotyped image inadequate to describe individual experiences
battered women's shelter: institution providing shelter for women physically abused by their spouses
batter: The slope of a terrace, wall etc
Hydroseeding of unvegetated batters is planned.
batter: To slope (of walls, buildings etc.)
batter: A batsman
batter: a thick liquid mixture of two or more materials beaten together, to be used in cookery
batter: {n} a mixture of flour, water, eggs and salt
batter: {v} to bruise by beating, wear down
batter: A beaten mixture of flour and liquid (usually egg and milk), used for baking (e.g. pancakes, cake, or yorkshire pudding) or to coat food (e.g. fish) prior to frying
batter: To batter someone means to hit them many times, using fists or a heavy object. He battered her around the head He was battered unconscious. + battered bat·tered Her battered body was discovered in a field
batter: A receding upward slope of the outer face of a structure
batter: to coat with batter
batter: A sloping part of a curtain wall The sharp angle at the base of all walls and towers along their exterior surface; talus
batter: Talutage Sloping exterior surface at the base of all walls and towers Built to protect the base of the wall against attack and increase its stability
batter: A backward slope in the face of a wall or of a bank; receding slope
batter: A binge, a heavy drinking session
batter: semi-liquid mixture of flour, egg, and liquid
batter: If a place is battered by wind, rain, or storms, it is seriously damaged or affected by very bad weather. The country has been battered by winds of between fifty and seventy miles an hour. a storm that's been battering the Northeast coastline. = pound
batter: {f} strike, beat, hit repeatedly
batter: One who wields a bat; a batsman
batter: In sports such as baseball and softball, a batter is a person who hits the ball with a wooden bat. batters and pitchers. see also battered, battering. to hit someone or something again and again, in a way that hurts someone or causes damage (batre or bat )
batter: to hit or strike violently and repeatedly
batter: Batter is a mixture of flour, eggs, and milk that is used in cooking. pancake batter. fish in batter
batter: To slope gently backward
batter: a mixture of flour and eggs that becomes solid when cooked
batter: A semi- liquid mixture of several ingredients, as, flour, eggs, milk, etc
batter: An uncooked pourable mixture usually made up of flour, a liquid, and other ingredients
batter: To flatten (metal) by hammering, so as to compress it inwardly and spread it outwardly
batter: An uncooked mixture, usually of flour, eggs, liquid, and a leavening agent, that is thin enough to pour
batter: A sloping part of a curtain wall The sharp angle at the base of all walls and towers along their exterior surface
batter: A player in the batter's box being pitched to by a pitcher When a player becomes a batter depends on his or her position in the batting order
batter: (baseball) a ballplayer who is batting
batter: a flour mixture thin enough to pour or drop from a spoon
batter: the inclination of a surface in relation to a horizontal, a vertical, or, occasionally, an inclined plane (commonly noted on detail plans as so many inches to one foot) See also rake
batter: A semifluid substance, usually composed of flour and other ingredients, into which principal components of food are dipped or with which they are coated, or which may be used directly to form bakery foods [From §110 3(c)]
batter: The steep excavated slope in an open cut mine
batter: A flour-liquid mixture that is thin enough to pour
batter: To beat with successive blows; to beat repeatedly and with violence, so as to bruise, shatter, or demolish; as, to batter a wall or rampart
batter: A thick, viscous mixture containing a flour or other starch, fat, sugar and other ingedients and baked into cakes or breads Sometimes used to coat foods to be deep-fried
batter: A batsman. Used under the modern fashion for expunging gender from all words, but in fact women cricketers refer to themselves as batsmen (ie. its already gender-neutral, see the batsman article)
batter: A sloping part of a curtain wall The sharp angle at the base of all walls and towers along the exterior surface It was used to help objects ricochet off the walls and into enemies
batter: a flour mixture thin enough to pour or drop from a spoon (baseball) a ballplayer who is batting
batter: -The excavated or constructed face of a dam wall, cutting or embankment
batter: Flour or liquid mixture that coats item being cooked, item is usually fried
batter: The person who tries to hit the ball in a sport like baseball
batter: Flour or meal mixture containing sufficient liquid so it can be poured or dropped from a spoon before baking
batter: An offensive player who takes his position in the batter’s box
batter: To wear or impair as if by beating or by hard usage
batter: The slope, or inclination from the vertical, of a wall or other structure or portion of a structure
batter: strike violently and repeatedly; "She clobbered the man who tried to attack her"
batter: If someone is battered, they are regularly hit and badly hurt by a member of their family or by their partner. evidence that the child was being battered. boys who witness fathers battering their mothers. battered wives. + battering bat·ter·ing Leaving the relationship does not mean that the battering will stop
batter: make a dent or impression in; "dinge a soft hat"
batter: Paste of clay or loam
batter: {i} one who wields a bat (in a game of baseball, cricket, etc.); baking mixture
batter: A bruise on the face of a plate or of type in the form
batter: An earth slope formed from placed fill material or cut into the natural hillside, during road construction
batter: A mixture of flour and liquid
batter: A slope
batter: strike against forcefully; "Winds buffeted the tent"
batter: A flour-liquid mixture that is thin enough to pour One example is pancake batter
batter: beaten together and used in cookery
batter: A mixture of liquid, flour and other ingredients that can vary in consistency A baking term
batter: If you batter something, you hit it many times, using your fists or a heavy object. They were battering the door, they were breaking in Batter the steaks flat
batter: A liquid mixture (containing flour and other ingredients) that can be stirred
hostel for battered wives: place that provides a refuge for women beaten by their husbands
hotline for battered women: emergency telephone line for women who are abused and need help