"batten down" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: battens down [present, singular, third-person], battening down [participle, present], battened down [participle, past], battened down [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} batten down (third-person singular simple present battens down, present participle battening down, simple past and past participle battened down)
  1. (nautical) To close or make watertight, referring to hatches and cargo. Categories (topical): Nautical Derived forms: batten down the hatches Translations (to make watertight): tiivistää (Finnish), הִדֵּק בִּפְסִיסִים (hidek bifsisim) [masculine] (Hebrew), задра́ивать (zadráivatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), задра́ить (zadráitʹ) [perfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-batten_down-en-verb-pYZePGXT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "down", Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 61 24 15 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "down": 65 16 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 55 29 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 43 44 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 66 15 19 Topics: nautical, transport Disambiguation of 'to make watertight': 98 2 0
  2. (transitive) To secure. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-batten_down-en-verb-kAuXGjcd Categories (other): Terms with Hebrew translations Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 43 44 13
  3. (intransitive) To prepare for adversity. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-batten_down-en-verb-B3baX~cV Categories (other): Terms with Hebrew translations Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 43 44 13

Inflected forms

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