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# bat

«bat» in Mova's school dictionary: **a small flying animal with wings of skin that comes out…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a bat, bats); verb (bat, bats, batted, batting)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A bat is a small flying animal with wings of skin that comes out at night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bat/#m1)

2) A bat is also a stick or club for hitting the ball in games like cricket, baseball and rounders. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bat/#m2)

3) To bat means to take a turn at hitting the ball. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bat/#m3)

4) «Not bat an eye» means to not show any surprise. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bat/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In science, bats are mammals, not birds; most eat insects or fruit, and many find their way with echoes (echolocation). Bats are protected in many places; never touch a bat, because it can carry disease. In sports, you bat in cricket and baseball; the batter or batsman holds the bat. Phrases: cricket bat, baseball bat, at bat, right off the bat, blind as a bat.

### examples

- A bat flew out of the cave at dusk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bat/#x1)
- Bats hang upside down when they sleep. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bat/#x2)
- Bats find insects in the dark using echoes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bat/#x3)
- He hit the ball hard with the cricket bat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bat/#x4)
- It's your turn to bat! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bat/#x5)
- She batted first for her team. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bat/#x6)
- Never pick up a bat; tell an adult. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bat/#x7)
- Bats are the only mammals that can truly fly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bat/#x8)

### note

Same spelling, two meanings: the animal and the stick. Double the t: batted, batting. Myth: bats are not blind; most see quite well. «Blind as a bat» is just a saying.

### In the corpora

- [Bats are not blind; all bats can see, and many see quite well.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/153-are-bats-blind/4/)
- [Big fruit bats called flying foxes have large eyes for dim light, and most of them do not echolocate at all.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/153-are-bats-blind/6/)
- [Bats are the only mammals that can truly fly, and about one in five of all mammal kinds is a bat.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/153-are-bats-blind/12/)
- [In China bats have long been a sign of good luck, because the word for bat sounds like the word for good fortune.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/153-are-bats-blind/17/)
- [In some caves dwarf crocodiles have turned orange, possibly from living among bat droppings.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/160-the-congo-river/8/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «bat» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bat/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.