Examples of 'batten' in a sentence
Meaning of "batten"
batten (noun): a long strip of wood or metal used for reinforcing or attaching objects
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- To become better; improve in condition, especially by feeding.
- To feed (on); to revel (in).
- To thrive by feeding; grow fat; feed oneself gluttonously.
- To thrive, prosper, or live in luxury, especially at the expense of others; fare sumptuously.
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Always batten down your grease traps.
Some persons have started to batten down.
Place the batten onto the workpiece.
Standbytocomedown your number one batten on cue.
You ought to batten down the hatches.
Batten doors are sadly falling out of fashion.
Securely clamp the batten to the workpiece.
You batten off sorrow and pain.
These garret rooms have batten doors.
You should batten down the hatches.
This is similar board and batten house.
Plastic batten strips have also been proposed.
There are four main types of batten disease.
So batten down the hatches and pull up a stool.
She wants me to batten down the hatches.
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Batten strips should not be bent around corners.
We would better batten down the hatches.
We batten down the hatches with the crystals.
Wood box with batten reinforced ends.
Batten down those hatches before we are on the bottom.
I have to batten down the beach.
Batten down some hatches or something.
Secure stations and batten down the hatches.
Batten down the hatches and.
All we can do is batten down and ride it out.
Batten disease is a neurodegenerative disorder that begins in childhood.
We need to batten down the hatches.
Use one fastener to anchor overlapping batten strips.
Install the batten strips at intersecting splices as illustrated.
Firestone recommends the use of metal batten strips.
Now let us batten down the main hatch.
Do not cross the joint with a batten strip.
Better batten down the hatches.
We all went outside to batten things down.
Let us batten down the hatches.
One profile claw is to be fitted to each counter batten.
I would batten down the hatches.
Boss got drunk like batten.
We have gotta batten everything down.
This is called the spiling batten.
I do not want to batten down my hatch.
Frank batten school of leadership and public policy.
A projecting spine on the batten body terminates in a bead.
The batten collapses at such value.
You should be helping me batten down the hatches.
Then batten down and weather.
You and your friends better batten down.
We ought to batten down the hatches.
How to make board and batten.
The international media batten on the failures of an operation.