"batten down" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "battens down",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "battening down",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "battened down",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "battened down",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "batten down (third-person singular simple present battens down, present participle battening down, simple past and past participle battened down)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Nautical",
          "orig": "en:Nautical",
          "parents": [
            "Transport",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "68 19 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "66 17 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (down)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "_dis1": "43 35 22",
          "word": "batten down the hatches"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To close or make watertight, referring to hatches and cargo."
      ],
      "id": "en-batten_down-en-verb-pYZePGXT",
      "links": [
        [
          "nautical",
          "nautical"
        ],
        [
          "close",
          "close"
        ],
        [
          "watertight",
          "watertight"
        ],
        [
          "hatch",
          "hatch"
        ],
        [
          "cargo",
          "cargo"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(nautical) To close or make watertight, referring to hatches and cargo."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "nautical",
        "transport"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to make watertight",
          "word": "tiivistää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2 0",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "hidek bifsisim",
          "sense": "to make watertight",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "הִדֵּק בִּפְסִיסִים"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zadráivatʹ",
          "sense": "to make watertight",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "задра́ивать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zadráitʹ",
          "sense": "to make watertight",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "задра́ить"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To secure."
      ],
      "id": "en-batten_down-en-verb-kAuXGjcd",
      "links": [
        [
          "secure",
          "secure"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To secure."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To prepare for adversity."
      ],
      "id": "en-batten_down-en-verb-B3baX~cV",
      "links": [
        [
          "adversity",
          "adversity"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To prepare for adversity."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "batten down"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English phrasal verbs",
    "English phrasal verbs with particle (down)",
    "English verbs"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "batten down the hatches"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "battens down",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "battening down",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "battened down",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "battened down",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "batten down (third-person singular simple present battens down, present participle battening down, simple past and past participle battened down)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Nautical"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To close or make watertight, referring to hatches and cargo."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "nautical",
          "nautical"
        ],
        [
          "close",
          "close"
        ],
        [
          "watertight",
          "watertight"
        ],
        [
          "hatch",
          "hatch"
        ],
        [
          "cargo",
          "cargo"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(nautical) To close or make watertight, referring to hatches and cargo."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "nautical",
        "transport"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To secure."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "secure",
          "secure"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To secure."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To prepare for adversity."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "adversity",
          "adversity"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To prepare for adversity."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to make watertight",
      "word": "tiivistää"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "hidek bifsisim",
      "sense": "to make watertight",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "הִדֵּק בִּפְסִיסִים"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zadráivatʹ",
      "sense": "to make watertight",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "задра́ивать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zadráitʹ",
      "sense": "to make watertight",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "задра́ить"
    }
  ],
  "word": "batten down"
}