[bat-l] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, -tled, -tling. | 1. | a hostile encounter or engagement between opposing military forces: the battle of Waterloo. |
| 2. | participation in such hostile encounters or engagements: wounds received in battle. |
| 3. | a fight between two persons or animals: ordering a trial by battle to settle the dispute. |
| 4. | any conflict or struggle: a battle for control of the Senate. |
| 5. | Archaic. a battalion. |
| 6. | to engage in battle: ready to battle with the enemy. |
| 7. | to work very hard or struggle; strive: to battle for freedom. |
| 8. | to fight (a person, army, cause, etc.): We battled strong winds and heavy rains in our small boat. |
| 9. | to force or accomplish by fighting, struggling, etc.: He battled his way to the top of his profession. |
| 10. | give or do battle, to enter into conflict; fight: He was ready to do battle for his beliefs. |
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[bat-l] Pronunciation Key | to furnish (a building or wall) with battlements; crenelate. |
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n.
v. bat·tled, bat·tling, bat·tles v. intr. To engage in or as if in battle. v. tr. To fight against: battled the enemy; battled cancer. [Middle English batel, from Old French bataille, from Vulgar Latin *battālia, from Late Latin battuālia, fighting and fencing exercises, from Latin battuere, to beat.] bat'tler n. |
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A town of southeast England northwest of Hastings, near the site of the Battle of Hastings (1066). William the Conqueror built Battle Abbey to commemorate his victory here. Population: 4,987. |
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battle
| battle | |
noun | |
| 1. | a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war; "Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga"; "he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement" |
| 2. | an energetic attempt to achieve something; "getting through the crowd was a real struggle"; "he fought a battle for recognition" [syn: struggle] |
| 3. | an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals); "the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph"--Thomas Paine; "police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs" [syn: conflict] |
verb | |
| 1. | battle or contend against in or as if in a battle; "The Kurds are combating Iraqi troops in Northern Iraq"; "We must combat the prejudices against other races"; "they battled over the budget" |
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Population (1990): 53540 (23252 housing units)
Area: 110.9 sq km (land), 2.2 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 49015, 49017
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Population (1990): 818 (343 housing units)
Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 51006
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Population (1990): 997 (389 housing units)
Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 68715
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Population (1990): 806 (301 housing units)
Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 47920
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Population (1990): 3758 (1376 housing units)
Area: 6.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 98604
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Population (1990): 698 (406 housing units)
Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 56515
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Population (1990): 3542 (1431 housing units)
Area: 4.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 89820
Battle
Bat"tail*ant\, a. [F. bataillant, p. pr. See Battle, v. i. ] [Obs.] Prepared for battle; combatant; warlike. --Spenser. -- n. A combatant. --Shelton.Battle
Bat"tail*ous\, a. [OF. bataillos, fr. bataille. See Battle, n.] Arrayed for battle; fit or eager for battle; warlike. [Obs.] "In battailous aspect." --Milton.Battle
Bat*tal"ia\, n. [LL. battalia battle, a body of troops. See Battle, n.]1. Order of battle; disposition or arrangement of troops (brigades, regiments, battalions, etc.), or of a naval force, for action. A drawing up the armies in battalia. --Jer. Taylor. 2. An army in battle array; also, the main battalia or body. [Obs.] --Shak.Battle
Bat"tel\, n. [Obs. form. of Battle.] (Old Eng. Law) A single combat; as, trial by battel. See Wager of battel, under Wager.Copyright © 2008, Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.











