Batten

Portuguese Meaning

ripa

sarrafo

tábua de soalho

tipo ou chapa deficiente

travessa de madeira

comer como glutão

engordar

English Meaning

  1. To become fat.
  2. To thrive and prosper, especially at another's expense: "[She] battens like a leech on the lives of famous people, . . . a professional retailer of falsehoods” ( George F. Will).
  3. To fatten; overfeed.
  4. Nautical One of several flexible strips of wood or plastic placed in pockets at the outer edge of a sail to keep it flat.
  5. Nautical A narrow strip of wood used to fasten down the edges of the material that covers hatches in foul weather.
  6. Chiefly British A narrow strip of wood used especially for flooring.
  7. Nautical To furnish, fasten, or secure with battens: battened down the hatch during the storm.
  8. batten down the hatches To prepare for an imminent disaster or emergency.

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