--- title: B — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 11 description: The 1119 words of the English dictionary under B, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/11/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / B # B — The English dictionary · page 11 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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meaning 1:* Bass (said «base») means the lowest notes or sounds in music.[↗](../../bass/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A bass is a bass guitar or a double bass, a large string instrument that plays low notes.[↗](../../bass/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A bass is a man with a very deep singing voice.[↗](../../bass/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A bass (said «bas», to rhyme with «gas») is a kind of fish.[↗](../../bass/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Turn the bass down — the windows are shaking\![↗](../../bass/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My brother plays bass in a band.[↗](../../bass/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He sings bass in the choir.[↗](../../bass/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We caught a sea bass off the pier.[↗](../../bass/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The bass drum went boom boom.[↗](../../bass/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Low notes are written in the bass clef.[↗](../../bass/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The first to dance in the hot oil were the mullets, the bass followed, then the whitefish, the flounders, and the anchovies.[↗](../../bass/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **bast** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Bast is the soft fibre under the bark of some trees, such as lime, used to make rope, mats and shoes.[↗](../../bast/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The farmer tied the sheaves with bast.[↗](../../bast/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He wove a mat from strips of bast.[↗](../../bast/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The old man made a bast shoe by the fire.[↗](../../bast/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **baste** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To baste is to pour fat or juice over meat while it cooks, to keep it moist.[↗](../../baste/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (old Irish use) A baste is a bailiff, a sheriff's officer who makes people pay or arrests them.[↗](../../baste/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Dad basted the chicken with its own juice.[↗](../../baste/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She basted the roast every half hour.[↗](../../baste/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The baste came to the door to take the farmer's cattle.[↗](../../baste/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **bastille** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The Bastille was a fortress prison in Paris; on 14 July 1789 crowds stormed it, starting the French Revolution.[↗](../../bastille/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (French) bastille means a fort or castle; it sounds like bass-TEEL to an English ear.[↗](../../bastille/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Storming of the Bastille began the French Revolution.[↗](../../bastille/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Bastille Day is celebrated with fireworks in France.[↗](../../bastille/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The Bastille held only seven prisoners when it was stormed.[↗](../../bastille/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The crowd tore down the walls of the Bastille.[↗](../../bastille/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We learned about the Bastille in history.[↗](../../bastille/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · French people call the day le 14 juillet.[↗](../../bastille/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **bat** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A bat is a small flying animal with wings of skin that comes out at night.[↗](../../bat/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A bat is also a stick or club for hitting the ball in games like cricket, baseball and rounders.[↗](../../bat/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To bat means to take a turn at hitting the ball.[↗](../../bat/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* «Not bat an eye» means to not show any surprise.[↗](../../bat/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A bat flew out of the cave at dusk.[↗](../../bat/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Bats hang upside down when they sleep.[↗](../../bat/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Bats find insects in the dark using echoes.[↗](../../bat/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He hit the ball hard with the cricket bat.[↗](../../bat/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · It's your turn to bat\![↗](../../bat/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She batted first for her team.[↗](../../bat/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Never pick up a bat; tell an adult.[↗](../../bat/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Bats are the only mammals that can truly fly.[↗](../../bat/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · and the stork, and the heron after its kinds, and the hoopoe, and the bat.[↗](../../bat/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.11.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bat/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Biliteral combinatinnx upon irhich all other combinatinm are bated.[↗](../../bat/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../bat/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **batch** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A batch is an amount of something made at one time.[↗](../../batch/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "a batch of cookies".[↗](../../batch/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A batch is a group of things or people dealt with together.[↗](../../batch/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "a batch of letters", "the next batch of pupils".[↗](../../batch/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (verb) To batch things means to put them into groups to deal with them together.[↗](../../batch/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (cooking) Batch cooking means making lots of food at once to eat later.[↗](../../batch/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Mum baked a batch of chocolate cookies.[↗](../../batch/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Each batch has 24 cupcakes; 3 batches make 72.[↗](../../batch/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The first batch of pancakes burned.[↗](../../batch/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The teacher marked the books in batches of ten.[↗](../../batch/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A new batch of puppies was born at the farm.[↗](../../batch/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The factory checks each batch for faults.[↗](../../batch/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The next batch of pupils will go in after lunch.[↗](../../batch/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **bath** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A long container you fill with water and sit in to wash your body (UK; US says bathtub or tub).[↗](../../bath/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The act of washing your body in it: have a bath (UK), take a bath (US).[↗](../../bath/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* The water in the bath: run a bath.[↗](../../bath/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Verb (UK): to wash a baby or child in a bath.[↗](../../bath/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* Baths can also mean a public building with pools where people go to bathe, like the Roman baths.[↗](../../bath/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I have a bath every evening.[↗](../../bath/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad is running a bath for my little sister.[↗](../../bath/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Bath time is at seven.[↗](../../bath/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Never leave a baby alone in the bath.[↗](../../bath/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Test the bath water with your elbow so it's not too hot.[↗](../../bath/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We put bubble bath in the water.[↗](../../bath/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The birds splash in the bird bath.[↗](../../bath/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't use a hairdryer near the bath.[↗](../../bath/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · These baths are the first in the world\![↗](../../bath/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · A very notable Hebrew expression of Divinatory intuition was BATh QUL, the Daughter of the Voice.[↗](../../bath/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../bath/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And Bath-sheba bowed, and prostrated herself unto the king.[↗](../../bath/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1KI.1.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bath/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And Bath-sheba said: 'Well; I will speak for thee unto the king.'[↗](../../bath/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1KI.2.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bath/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Bath-sheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah.[↗](../../bath/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1KI.2.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bath/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **bathe** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To bathe means to wash yourself or someone else in a bath (more US; in the UK people more often say «have a bath»).[↗](../../bathe/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To bathe a wound or your eyes is to wash them gently with water.[↗](../../bathe/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (UK) To bathe means to swim in the sea, a river or a lake for fun.[↗](../../bathe/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To be bathed in light means to be filled or covered with it: the room was bathed in sunlight.[↗](../../bathe/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Mum bathed the baby before bed.[↗](../../bathe/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Bathe the cut with clean water.[↗](../../bathe/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We bathed in the cold sea on Boxing Day.[↗](../../bathe/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The garden was bathed in golden sunlight.[↗](../../bathe/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The Romans bathed together in big public baths.[↗](../../bathe/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Lizards sunbathe on warm rocks.[↗](../../bathe/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · 'I want to go down to the lake, and bathe,' said she.[↗](../../bathe/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · But if he wash them not, nor bathe his flesh, then he shall bear his iniquity.[↗](../../bathe/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.17.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bathe/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And whosoever toucheth his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.[↗](../../bathe/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.15.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bathe/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And whosoever toucheth her bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.[↗](../../bathe/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.15.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bathe/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **bathhouse** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A building with baths for public use, where people go to wash, bathe and relax.[↗](../../bathhouse/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Ancient Roman baths, Turkish baths (hammams), Japanese bathhouses (sento, onsen) and Finnish saunas are all kinds of bathhouses.[↗](../../bathhouse/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (old) A building at a beach where swimmers change.[↗](../../bathhouse/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Romans built a bathhouse in Bath.[↗](../../bathhouse/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The bathhouse had a hot room and a cold pool.[↗](../../bathhouse/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Romans met friends at the bathhouse.[↗](../../bathhouse/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In Japan some people visit a public bathhouse.[↗](../../bathhouse/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We saw the ruins of a Roman bathhouse on our school trip.[↗](../../bathhouse/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Steam filled the old bathhouse.[↗](../../bathhouse/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **bathrobe** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A long, loose coat made of soft towelling or cotton, worn before or after a bath or shower.[↗](../../bathrobe/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (US) Any dressing gown worn around the house.[↗](../../bathrobe/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Dad came downstairs in his bathrobe.[↗](../../bathrobe/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The hotel gave us white fluffy bathrobes.[↗](../../bathrobe/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She wrapped herself in a bathrobe after her shower.[↗](../../bathrobe/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Hang your bathrobe on the hook behind the door.[↗](../../bathrobe/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandpa answered the door in his bathrobe and slippers.[↗](../../bathrobe/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · I got a bathrobe with a hood for my birthday.[↗](../../bathrobe/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **bathroom** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A bathroom is a room with a bath or shower, a washbasin and usually a toilet.[↗](../../bathroom/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In the USA and Canada, «bathroom» is also the polite word for any toilet, even one with no bath: «May I go to the bathroom?».[↗](../../bathroom/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I brush my teeth in the bathroom every morning and night.[↗](../../bathroom/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · May I go to the bathroom, please?[↗](../../bathroom/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Wipe up water on the bathroom floor so nobody slips.[↗](../../bathroom/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Medicines are kept in the bathroom cabinet out of reach.[↗](../../bathroom/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Never use a hair dryer near a full bath.[↗](../../bathroom/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Our house has one bathroom upstairs.[↗](../../bathroom/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Always wash your hands after going to the bathroom.[↗](../../bathroom/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Babies must never be left alone in the bathroom.[↗](../../bathroom/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · He tried to stick it on with soap from the bathroom, but that also failed.[↗](../../bathroom/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **bathtub** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A large container for water that you sit or lie in to wash your body; a bath.[↗](../../bathtub/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She filled the bathtub with warm water.[↗](../../bathtub/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Never leave a baby alone in the bathtub.[↗](../../bathtub/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The bathtub holds 150 litres of water.[↗](../../bathtub/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The dog jumped out of the bathtub.[↗](../../bathtub/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The tap fills the bathtub at 10 litres a minute.[↗](../../bathtub/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · My little brother plays with boats in the bathtub.[↗](../../bathtub/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **batman** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (a name) Batman is a famous comic-book and film superhero who fights crime in Gotham City wearing a bat costume; his real name in the stories is Bruce Wayne.[↗](../../batman/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (old, UK military) A soldier who worked as a personal servant to an officer.[↗](../../batman/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My brother dressed as Batman for the party.[↗](../../batman/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Batman lives in Gotham City.[↗](../../batman/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Batman's sidekick is Robin.[↗](../../batman/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Batman uses gadgets instead of superpowers.[↗](../../batman/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The officer's batman polished his boots.[↗](../../batman/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We watched a Batman cartoon.[↗](../../batman/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **baton** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A baton is a short stick passed from one runner to the next in a relay race.[↗](../../baton/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A baton is a thin stick a conductor waves to lead an orchestra or choir.[↗](../../baton/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A baton is a stick that some police officers carry.[↗](../../baton/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A baton is a stick twirled by a majorette or drum major in a parade.[↗](../../baton/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She passed the baton to the next runner.[↗](../../baton/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't drop the baton in the relay\![↗](../../baton/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The conductor raised her baton and the band began.[↗](../../baton/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The police officer carried a baton.[↗](../../baton/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The majorette twirled her baton in the parade.[↗](../../baton/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Our team won the relay because the baton passes were quick.[↗](../../baton/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The old captain passed the baton to a younger player.[↗](../../baton/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · A relay team has four runners and one baton.[↗](../../baton/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · She now only held the naked skewer, and lifted it up as a conductor lifts his baton at a concert.[↗](../../baton/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **bats** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Bats is the plural of bat: more than one flying animal, or more than one stick for hitting a ball.[↗](../../bats/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* As a verb, «she bats» means she takes a turn hitting the ball.[↗](../../bats/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In informal British talk, «bats» means a bit crazy.[↗](../../bats/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Hundreds of bats flew out of the cave.[↗](../../bats/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Fruit bats eat mangoes and figs.[↗](../../bats/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Bats sleep upside down in the day.[↗](../../bats/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Put the cricket bats back in the shed.[↗](../../bats/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She bats left-handed.[↗](../../bats/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Bats help by eating mosquitoes.[↗](../../bats/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Some bats live in the roofs of old barns.[↗](../../bats/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · My little brother goes bats when he's tired.[↗](../../bats/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Shining glow-worms covered the ceiling, and sky-blue bats flapped their transparent wings.[↗](../../bats/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · In that day a man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made for themselves to worship, to the moles and to the bats; (Prophets ISA.2.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bats/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **battalion** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A battalion is a large group of soldiers, part of an army regiment.[↗](../../battalion/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) A battalion can mean a big troop or crowd of followers, as in a tale.[↗](../../battalion/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He led a battalion of soldiers across the hill.[↗](../../battalion/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Drakestail said he could not drag his whole battalion along.[↗](../../battalion/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A battalion of ducklings waddled behind their mother.[↗](../../battalion/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad brought a battalion of cousins to the picnic.[↗](../../battalion/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **batter** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Batter is a runny mixture of flour, eggs and milk used to make pancakes, cakes or to coat fried food.[↗](../../batter/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A batter is the player who tries to hit the ball in baseball, cricket (usually batsman or batter) or rounders.[↗](../../batter/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To batter means to hit hard again and again: waves battered the boat.[↗](../../batter/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Mix the pancake batter until it is smooth.[↗](../../batter/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Pour the batter into the pan.[↗](../../batter/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The batter hit a home run.[↗](../../batter/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Huge waves battered the cliffs.[↗](../../batter/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Fish and chips come in crispy batter.[↗](../../batter/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Do not eat raw cake batter with raw egg in it.[↗](../../batter/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The batter swung and missed.[↗](../../batter/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The old boat was battered by storms.[↗](../../batter/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · But come, let us get outside before the elephants arrive and batter down the place."[↗](../../batter/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And he shall set his battering engines against thy walls, and with his axes he shall break down thy towers.[↗](../../batter/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.26.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../batter/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · and lay siege against it, and build forts against it, and cast up a mound against it; set camps also against it, and set battering rams against it round about.[↗](../../batter/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.4.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../batter/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And they came and besieged him in Abel of Beth-maacah, and they cast up a mound against the city, and it stood in the moat; and all the people that were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down.[↗](../../batter/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2SA.20.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../batter/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **battery** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A small object that stores electricity and gives it to torches, toys, phones and remote controls.[↗](../../battery/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A row or group of similar things.[↗](../../battery/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "a battery of tests".[↗](../../battery/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (In law) the crime of hitting someone.[↗](../../battery/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A set of large guns.[↗](../../battery/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The torch needs a new battery.[↗](../../battery/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My phone battery is flat.[↗](../../battery/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A battery has a plus end and a minus end.[↗](../../battery/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Button batteries are dangerous if swallowed.[↗](../../battery/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Recycle old batteries.[↗](../../battery/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The toy runs on two batteries.[↗](../../battery/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Connect the battery to the bulb to make a circuit.[↗](../../battery/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Charge the battery overnight.[↗](../../battery/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **batting** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Batting is hitting a ball with a bat, especially in baseball, cricket and softball; it is the turn when your team tries to score.[↗](../../batting/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Batting is also the -ing form of «bat»: hitting something with your hand or a bat.[↗](../../batting/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To bat your eyelashes is to blink them quickly.[↗](../../batting/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Batting is also a layer of soft cotton or wool used inside quilts.[↗](../../batting/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Our team is batting first.[↗](../../batting/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He wore a batting helmet to protect his head.[↗](../../batting/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Her batting average is 0.300.[↗](../../batting/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The kitten was batting at a piece of string.[↗](../../batting/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She went in to bat at number three.[↗](../../batting/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He told the lie without batting an eyelid.[↗](../../batting/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The quilt is filled with soft batting.[↗](../../batting/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · We practised batting in the nets after school.[↗](../../batting/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) … [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/10/) **11** [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/12/) … [59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/59/) - ← previous: [page 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/10/) - next →: [page 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/12/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)