The meaning of BATTERED is damaged or worn down by hard use. How to use battered in a sentence.

BATTERED definition: 1. hurt by being repeatedly hit: 2. damaged, especially by being used a lot: 3. covered with a…. Learn more.

Definition of battered adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

To coat in batter: battered the vegetables and then fried them. [Middle English bater, probably from Old French bateure, a beating, from batre, to beat; see batter1.]

Battered definition: subjected to persistent physical violence, esp by a close relative living in the same house. See examples of BATTERED used in a sentence.

Something that is battered is old and in poor condition because it has been used a lot. He drove up in a battered old car. ...a battered leather suitcase.

pound repeatedly: [~ + at/against + object] The waves battered against the shoreline. [~ + object] finally battered the door down. to beat (a person) over and over again, or to abuse in some …

Synonyms for BATTERED: pounded, licked, lashed, whipped, pelted, attacked, knocked, thumped, assaulted, beat

intransitive verb 1 : to strike something heavily and repeatedly : beat, pound flies battered against … the electric-light bulbs D. B. Chidsey 2 law : to commit battery against another : to …

Battered woman syndrome (BWS) is a pattern of signs and symptoms displayed by a woman who has suffered persistent intimate partner violence — psychological, physical, or sexual —from …