English Explanatory Dictionary

battling

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A growing fat, or the process of causing to grow fat; a fattening.
  2. That which nourishes or fattens, as food, or feed for animals, or manure for soil.
adj
  1. Nourishing; fattening.
  2. Fertile.
adj
  1. Engaged in battle.
verb
  1. present participle of battle
noun
  1. Engagement in combat, fighting; struggling.
  2. Struggling to make a life; doing it hard.

Word forms

battling battlings batteling more battling most battling

Etymology

From battle (“to nourish, feed”).

Derived words

unbattling rap battling
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