Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bate

A surname transferred from the given name. / An unincorporated community in Grant County, Oregon, United States.

simple past tense and past participle of bate

Strife; contention.

(intransitive, slang) To masturbate.

(transitive) To reduce the force of something; to abate. / (transitive) To restrain, usually with the sense of being in anticipation / (transitive, sometimes figuratively) To cut off, remove, take away.

(intransitive) To contend or strive with blows or arguments. / (intransitive, falconry) Of a falcon: To flap the wings vigorously; to bait.

Reduced; lowered; restrained

An alkaline lye which neutralizes the effect of the previous application of lime, and makes hides supple in the process of tanning. / A vat which contains this liquid.

(transitive) To soak leather so as to remove chemicals used in tanning; to steep in bate.