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BATTEN DOWN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does batten down mean? 

BATTEN DOWN (verb)
  The verb BATTEN DOWN has 1 sense:

1. furnish with battensplay

  Familiarity information: BATTEN DOWN used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BATTEN DOWN (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Furnish with battens

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

batten; batten down; secure

Context example:

batten ships

Hypernyms (to "batten down" is one way to...):

beef up; fortify; strengthen (make strong or stronger)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something


 Context examples 


“You'll perhaps batten down your hatches till you're spoke to, my friend,” cried Silver truculently to this speaker.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)



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