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bating

The word “bating” has 2 syllables: bat-ing

It's pronounced as /ˈbeɪtɪŋ/

What is synonym and antonym for bating?

In the thesaurus, “bating” has 30 synonyms and 19 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for bating along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for bating

Antonyms for bating

  • adding
  • adjoining
  • affixing
  • annexing
  • appending
  • attaching
  • fastening
  • fixing
  • grafting
  • hitching
  • infusing
  • injecting
  • inserting
  • interfusing
  • introducing
  • subjoining
  • tagging
  • tieing
  • tying

Meanings of bating

  • verb
    1. To reduce the force of something; to abate.
    2. To restrain, usually with the sense of being in anticipation.
    3. (sometimes figurative) To cut off, remove, take away.
    4. To leave out, except, bar.
    5. To waste away.
    6. To deprive of.
    7. To lessen by retrenching, deducting, or reducing; to abate; to beat down; to lower.
    8. To allow by way of abatement or deduction.
    9. To contend or strive with blows or arguments.
    10. Of a falcon: To flap the wings vigorously; to bait.
    11. To soak leather so as to remove chemicals used in tanning; to steep in bate.
    12. To masturbate.
  • adjective
    1. Of the moon, when it is waning.
  • preposition
    1. Apart from; except.

Example Sentences

  • He was bating his breath, waiting for the results to be announced.
  • The leatherworkers were bating the hides to make them softer.
  • Nothing was left, bating a few scraps of cloth.
  • She kept bating her excitement to stay calm in front of everyone.
  • The craftsman spent hours carefully bating the material for the final product.

On this page you'll find 49 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to bating, such as: abating, abbreviating, abridging, adding, adjoining, affixing, amputating.

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