battening

The word “battening” has 3 syllables: bat-ten-ing

It's pronounced as /ˈbætnɪŋ/

What is synonym and antonym for battening?

In the thesaurus, “battening” has 75 synonyms and 28 antonyms.

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

Synonyms for battening

adhering
affixing
banqueting
belaying
bending
boarding
bolting
buttoning
catering
cinching
clamping
clasping
clenching
clinching
clipping
coapting
connecting
dining
doing up
fastening
fattening
feasting
feeding
filling
fixing
force-feeding
glueing
gluing
hand-feeding
hanging
harnessing
hasping
joining
lacing
lashing
latching
linking
messing
nailing
nourishing
nurturing
overfeeding
pasting
pinning
plastering
provisioning
reaffixing
reattaching
refastening
refeeding
refixing
regaling
reprovisioning
resecuring
riveting
screwing
serving
shackling
spoon-feeding
stapling
sticking
strapping
surfeiting
sustaining
tacking
tackling
tieing
toggling
tying
underfeeding
uniting
victualing
victualling
waiting
yoking

Antonyms for battening

breaking up
detaching
disconnecting
disjoining
disjointing
dissevering
dissociating
disuniting
dividing
divorcing
loosening
loosing
parting
separating
severing
splitting
sundering
unbinding
uncoupling
undoing
unfastening
unfixing
unhooking
unlashing
unlinking
untieing
untying
unyoking

Meanings of battening

verb
1. To become better; improve in condition, especially by feeding.
2. To feed (on); to revel (in).
3. To thrive by feeding; grow fat; feed oneself gluttonously.
4. To thrive, prosper, or live in luxury, especially at the expense of others; fare sumptuously.
5. To gratify a morbid appetite or craving; gloat.
6. To improve by feeding; fatten; make fat or cause to thrive due to plenteous feeding.
7. To fertilize or enrich, as land.
8. To furnish with battens.
9. To fasten or secure a hatch etc using battens.
noun
1. A thin strip of wood used in construction to hold members of a structure together or to provide a fixing point.
2. A long strip of wood, metal, fibreglass etc., used for various purposes aboard ship, especially one inserted in a pocket sewn on the sail in order to keep the sail flat.
3. In stagecraft, a long pipe, usually metal, affixed to the ceiling or fly system in a theater.
4. The movable bar of a loom, which strikes home or closes the threads of a woof.

Example Sentences

Workers were busy battening down the roof before the storm arrived.
The crew spent hours battening the cargo to keep it secure at sea.
He was battening the shutters as the wind picked up.
They focused on battening every loose board around the house.
The team was battening equipment in the truck to prevent damage during transport.

On this page you'll find 103 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to battening, such as: adhering, affixing, banqueting, belaying, bending, boarding, bolting.

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