battle
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
A contest, a struggle.
the battle of life
- 2.
(military) A general action, fight, or encounter, in which all the divisions of an army are or may be engaged; a combat, an engagement.
- 3.
(archaic)(military, now rare) A division of an army; a battalion.
- 4.
(obsolete)(military, obsolete) The main body of an army, as distinct from the vanguard and rear; the battalia.
hovering aloofe in the fields he suffered Wyat his Van and main Battell (cutting off some of the Reare) to march undisturbed save with one shot, from Knights-Bridge to Charing Chrosse.
- 5.
(abbreviation, alt of, clipping)(military) Clipping of battle buddy.
Động từ
verb- 1.
(intransitive)To join in battle; to contend in fight
Scientists always battle over theories.
She has been battling against cancer for years.
- 2.
(transitive)To fight or struggle; to enter into a battle with.
She has been battling cancer for years.
- 3.
(Northern England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive)To feed or nourish (someone or something).
- 4.
(Northern England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive)To render (land, soil, etc.) fertile or fruitful.
Tính từ
adjective- 1.
Of grass or pasture: nutritious to cattle or sheep; fattening, nourishing.
battle grass battle pasture
Đồng nghĩa: batten, improving
- 2.
(broadly)(by extension) Of land (originally pastureland) or soil: fertile, fruitful.
battle land battle soil
Đồng nghĩa: batten
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From Middle English batel, batell, batelle, batayle, bataylle, borrowed from Old French bataille, from battālia, variant of battuālia (fighting and fencing exercises) from Latin battuō (to strike, hit, beat, fight), of origin. Possibly from a - or Proto-Germanic - root from Proto-Indo-European *bʰedʰ- (to stab, dig), related to beado;