battle in English dictionary

  • battle

    Meanings and definitions of "battle"

    • (intransitive): To join in battle; to contend in fight; as, to battle over theories.
    • (transitive): To assail in battle; to fight.
    • (UK dialectal, chiefly Scottish, Northern England) (agriculture) Improving; nutritious; fattening.
    • (UK dialectal, chiefly Scottish, Northern England) Fertile; fruitful.
    • (transitive, UK dialectal, chiefly Scottish, Northern England) To nourish; feed.
    • (transitive, UK dialectal, chiefly Scottish, Northern England) To render fertile or fruitful, as in soil.
    • A general action, fight, or encounter, in which all the divisions of an army are or may be engaged; an engagement; a combat.
    • A struggle; a contest; as, the battle of life.
    • (obsolete) A division of an army; a battalion.
    • (obsolete) The main body, as distinct from the van and rear; battalia.
    • adjective
      (Britain dialectal, chiefly Scotland, Northern England, agriculture)
      Improving; nutritious; fattening.
    • adjective
      (Britain dialectal, chiefly Scotland, Northern England)
      Fertile; fruitful.
    • noun
      A general action, fight, or encounter, in which all the divisions of an army are or may be engaged; an engagement; a combat.
    • noun
      A struggle; a contest.
    • noun
      (now rare)
      A division of an army; a battalion.
    • noun
      (obsolete)
      The main body, as distinct from the vanguard and rear; battalia.
    • verb
      (intransitive)
      To join in battle; to contend in fight
    • verb
      Scientists always battle over theories.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To fight or struggle; to enter into a battle with.
    • verb
      (transitive, Britain dialectal, chiefly Scotland, Northern England)
      To nourish; feed.
    • verb
      (transitive, Britain dialectal, chiefly Scotland, Northern England)
      To render (for example soil) fertile or fruitful
    • Struggle for superiority.
    • An instance of combat in warfare between two or more parties wherein each group will seek to defeat the others.
    • general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
    • struggle; a contest; as, the battle of life
    • (obsolete) a division of an army; a battalion
    • (intransitive) to join in battle; to contend in fight
    • (transitive) to assail in battle; to fight
    • noun
      an energetic attempt to achieve something; "getting through the crowd was a real struggle"; "he fought a battle for recognition"
    • noun
      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"
    • noun
      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"
    • verb
      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"

    Synonyms of "battle" in English dictionary

    struggle, effort, combat are the top synonyms of "battle" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of battle

    • battle ( plural  battles)
    • battle ( third-person singular simple present battles, present participle battling, simple past and past participle battled)
    • lp  liczba pojedyncza battle; lm  liczba mnoga battles battle, battled, battled, he battles, be battling
    • battle ( comparative more battle, superlative most battle)
    • battle (comparative more battle, superlative most battle)
    • battle (plural battles)
    • battle (third-person singular simple present battles, present participle battling, simple past and past participle battled)
  • Battle

    Meanings and definitions of "battle"

    • A habitational surname from places in England that have been sites of a battle.
    • a town in East Sussex.
    • proper
      A habitational surname from places in England that have been sites of a battle.
    • proper
      a town in East Sussex, supposed site of the Battle of Hastings.
    • A small town in East Sussex, England, known as the site where William, Duke of Normandy, defeated King Harold II to become William I.
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