'Battered' definitions:
Definition of 'battered'
From: WordNet
adjective
Damaged by blows or hard usage; "a battered old car"; "the beaten-up old Ford" [syn: battered, beat-up, beaten-up]
adjective
Damaged especially by hard usage; "his battered old hat"
adjective
Exhibiting symptoms resulting from repeated physical and emotional injury; "a battered child"; "the battered woman syndrome"
Definition of 'Battered'
From: GCIDE
- Batter \Bat"ter\ (b[a^]t"t[~e]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Battered (b[a^]t"t[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Battering.] [OE. bateren, OF. batre, F. battre, fr. LL. battere, for L. batuere to strike, beat; of unknown origin. Cf. Abate, Bate to abate.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To beat with successive blows; to beat repeatedly and with violence, so as to bruise, shatter, or demolish; as, to batter a wall or rampart. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To wear or impair as if by beating or by hard usage. "Each battered jade." --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Metallurgy) To flatten (metal) by hammering, so as to compress it inwardly and spread it outwardly. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'battered'
From: GCIDE
- battered \battered\ adj.
- 1. In deplorable condition; as, the battered old Ford station wagon.
- Syn: beat-up, beaten-up, bedraggled, broken-down, dilapidated, ramshackle, tumble-down, unsound. [WordNet 1.5]
- 2. Hit or pounded repeatedly and violently with heavy blows; as, a battered old car; antomyn of unbattered. [Narrower terms: buffeted; {storm-tossed, tempest-tossed, tempest-tost, tempest-swept}] [WordNet 1.5]
- 3. Damaged especially by hard usage. his battered old hat [WordNet 1.5]
- 4. beaten repeatedly; -- of people; as, a battered child; the battered woman syndrome; a battered wife.
- Syn: beaten. [WordNet 1.5]