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Webster 1913 Edition

Bat

Bat

(băt)
,
Noun.
[OE.
batte
,
botte
, AS.
batt
; perhaps fr. the Celtic; cf. Ir.
bat
,
bata
, stick, staff; but cf. also F.
batte
a beater (thing), wooden sword,
battre
to beat.]
1.
A large stick; a club; specifically, a piece of wood with one end thicker or broader than the other, used in playing baseball, cricket, etc.
3.
A sheet of cotton used for filling quilts or comfortables; batting.
5.
(Mining)
Shale or bituminous shale.
Kirwan.
Bat bolt
(Machinery)
,
a bolt barbed or jagged at its butt or tang to make it hold the more firmly.
Knight.

Bat

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Batted
(băt′tĕd)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Batting
.]
To strike or hit with a bat or a pole; to cudgel; to beat.
Holland.

Bat

,
Noun.
[Corrupt. from OE.
back
,
backe
,
balke
; cf. Dan. aften-
bakke
(
aften
evening), Sw. natt-
backa
(
natt
night), Icel. leðr-
blaka
(
leðr
leather), Icel.
blaka
to flutter.]
(Zool.)
One of the
Chiroptera
, an order of flying mammals, in which the wings are formed by a membrane stretched between the elongated fingers, legs, and tail. The common bats are small and insectivorous. See
Chiroptera
and
Vampire
.
Silent
bats
in drowsy clusters cling.
Goldsmith.
Bat tick
(Zool.)
,
a wingless, dipterous insect of the genus
Nycteribia
, parasitic on bats.

Webster 1828 Edition

Bat

BAT

,
Noun.
1.
A heavy stick or club; a piece of wood with one end thicker or broader than the other.
2.
Bat or bate, a small copper coin of Germany, with a small mixture of silver, worth four crutzers. Also a coin of Switzerland, worth five livres.
3.
A term given by miners to shale or bituminous shale.

BAT

,
Verb.
I.
To manage a bat, or play with one.

BAT

,
Noun.
[I have not found this word in any European language, except in English.]
A race of quadrupeds, technically called Vespertilio, of the order primates, in Linne's system. The fore feet have the toes connected by a membrane, expanded into a kind of wings, by means of which the animals fly. The species are numerous. Of these, the vampire or Ternate bat inhabits Africa and the Oriental Isles. These animals fly in flocks from isle to isle, obscuring the sun by their numbers. Their wings when extended measure five or six feet. They live on fruits; but are said sometimes to draw blood from persons when asleep. The bats of the northern latitudes are small; they are viviparous and suckle their young. Their skin resembles that of a mouse. They enter houses in pleasant summer evenings, feed upon moths, flies, flesh, and oily substances, and are torpid during the winter.

Definition 2024

bát

bát

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bat"

Czech

Verb

bát impf

  1. (reflexive, used with se) to be afraid, to fear
    Bojí se pavouků -- He / she is afraid of spiders.

Conjugation

Antonyms

  • nebát se

Derived terms

Related terms

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbaːt]

Noun

bát ‎(plural bátok)

  1. baht (the official currency of Thailand)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative bát bátok
accusative bátot bátokat
dative bátnak bátoknak
instrumental báttal bátokkal
causal-final bátért bátokért
translative báttá bátokká
terminative bátig bátokig
essive-formal bátként bátokként
essive-modal — —
inessive bátban bátokban
superessive báton bátokon
adessive bátnál bátoknál
illative bátba bátokba
sublative bátra bátokra
allative báthoz bátokhoz
elative bátból bátokból
delative bátról bátokról
ablative báttól bátoktól
Possessive forms of bát
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. bátom bátjaim
2nd person sing. bátod bátjaid
3rd person sing. bátja bátjai
1st person plural bátunk bátjaink
2nd person plural bátotok bátjaitok
3rd person plural bátjuk bátjaik

Derived terms

  • bátos

Rohingya

Noun

bát

  1. rice

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 鉢 (“earthen bowl”)

Pronunciation

Noun

(classifier chiếc) bát

  1. bowl (used for eating, for example)

Derived terms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baːt/

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