Battling

adj, noun, verb

adj, noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A growing fat, or the process of causing to grow fat; a fattening.
  2. 2
    Engagement in combat, fighting; struggling. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    That which nourishes or fattens, as food, or feed for animals, or manure for soil.
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle of battle form-of, participle, present
Adjective
  1. 1
    Nourishing; fattening.

    "Let it be me; and trust me, Margaret, The meads environ'd with the silver streams, Whose battling pastures fatten all my flocks, Yielding forth fleeces stapled with such wool As Lemnster cannot yield more finer stuff, [...]"

  2. 2
    Engaged in battle.
  3. 3
    Fertile.

Synonyms

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aggressiveantagonisticbellicosebelligerentbloodthirstybloody

Example

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"After battling cancer for several years, he finally passed away at the age of 87."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From battle (“to nourish, feed”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English batellynge, equivalent to battle + -ing.

Etymology 3

From Middle English bataillinge, equivalent to battle + -ing.

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