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bate1 /beɪt /(also bait) noun [in singular] British informal, datedAn angry mood: he got into a stinking bate...- Shrieking with simulated frustration, Clarkson flew into a bate, picked up a hammer and smashed his desktop to smithereens.
- Rusty gets into a bate if left indoors for too long, and the last time his owner disappeared for a session in the pub, he opened a cupboard and ate three packs of biscuits, and chewed the sofa right down to the wood.
- On the other hand, when you hear of a plan to build a much-needed rail link under your London studios, you fly into a bate and object in writing.
Origin Mid 19th century: from the verb bait 'torment', expressing the notion 'state of a baited person'. Rhymes abate, ablate, aerate, ait, await, backdate, bait, berate, castrate, collate, conflate, crate, create, cremate, date, deflate, dictate, dilate, distraite, donate, downstate, eight, elate, equate, estate, fate, fête, fixate, freight, frustrate, gait, gate, gestate, gradate, grate, great, gyrate, hate, hydrate, inflate, innate, interrelate, interstate, irate, Kate, Kuwait, lactate, late, locate, lustrate, mandate, mate, migrate, misdate, misstate, mistranslate, mutate, narrate, negate, notate, orate, ornate, Pate, placate, plate, prate, prorate, prostrate, pulsate, pupate, quadrate, rate, rotate, sate, sedate, serrate, short weight, skate, slate, spate, spectate, spruit, stagnate, state, straight, strait, Tate, tête-à-tête, Thwaite, translate, translocate, transmigrate, truncate, underrate, understate, underweight, update, uprate, upstate, up-to-date, vacate, vibrate, wait, weight bate2 /beɪt /verb [no object] Falconry(Of a hawk) beat the wings in agitation and flutter off the perch: the hawks bated and immediately the breeze got in their feathers...- And if your hawk bates, that's flies off the fist in a temper, you're going to need that hand to help her back on again.
- Its eyes glowed golden, and the hawk bated suddenly.
- When the hawk bated, the volunteer explained that he was mad and provided passive resistance.
Origin Late Middle English: from Old French batre 'to beat' (see also batter1). |