The Meaning of batten

• (v. t.) To make fat by plenteous feeding; to fatten.
• (v. t.) To fertilize or enrich, as land.
• (v. i.) To grow fat; to grow fat in ease and luxury; to glut one's self.
• (n .) A strip of sawed stuff, or a scantling; as, (a) pl. (Com. & Arch.) Sawed timbers about 7 by 2 1/2 inches and not less than 6 feet long. Brande & C. (b) (Naut.) A strip of wood used in fastening the edges of a tarpaulin to the deck, also around masts to prevent chafing. (c) A long, thin strip used to strengthen a part, to cover a crack, etc.
• (v. t.) To furnish or fasten with battens.
• (v. t.) The movable bar of a loom, which strikes home or closes the threads of a woof.

Synonyms

batting , batten down , secure

Homophones

baton(3) , batton

Rhymes

baton , batton , braton , bratten , bratton , caton , catton , craton , fatten , flaten , flatten , gatten , gatton , gratin , grattan , gratton , hattan , latin , laton , manhattan , matin , matton , mchatton , nejamatin , patane , patin , paton , patten , patton , platen , ratten , rohatyn , satin , slaton , slatten , slatton , staten , staton , statton , stratton , vanpatten