battened

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English

Definitions

verb

To become better; improve in condition, especially by feeding.
To feed (on); to revel (in).
To thrive by feeding; grow fat; feed oneself gluttonously.
To thrive, prosper, or live in luxury, especially at the expense of others; fare sumptuously.“Robber barons who battened on the poor”

verb

To furnish with battens.
To fasten or secure a hatch etc using battens.

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Synonyms

secure batten down hatches battlemented battlement latched buckled batture batton clamped battel battels sandbagged boarded fastened bitted

Rhymes

flattened fattened acrobat and aristocrat and at and atta and autocrat and bat and batt and batta and

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