battered

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battered

  1. simple past and past participle of batter

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battered (comparative more battered, superlative most battered)

  1. Beaten up through a lot of use; in rough condition; weathered.
    • 1944, Miles Burton, chapter 5, in The Three Corpse Trick:
      The dinghy was trailing astern at the end of its painter, and Merrion looked at it as he passed. He saw that it was a battered-looking affair of the prahm type, with a blunt snout, and like the parent ship, had recently been painted a vivid green.
  2. Beaten repeatedly or consistently; beaten up.
    • 2022 January 12, Paul Bigland, “Fab Four: the nation's finest stations: Grange-over-Sands”, in RAIL, number 948, page 28:
      There's also a wooden seat running the full length of the building - ideal for stopping to watch the wildlife on the seashore without getting battered by the weather!
  3. (cooking) Coated with batter (noun).

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