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buffeted
(gcide) | battered \battered\ adj.
1. In deplorable condition; as, the battered old Ford station
wagon.
Syn: beat-up, beaten-up, bedraggled, broken-down,
dilapidated, ramshackle, tumble-down, unsound.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. Hit or pounded repeatedly and violently with heavy blows;
as, a battered old car; antomyn of unbattered. [Narrower
terms: buffeted; {storm-tossed, tempest-tossed,
tempest-tost, tempest-swept}]
[WordNet 1.5]
3. Damaged especially by hard usage. his battered old hat
[WordNet 1.5]
4. beaten repeatedly; -- of people; as, a battered child; the
battered woman syndrome; a battered wife.
Syn: beaten.
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buffeted
(gcide) | buffeted \buffeted\ adj.
struck repeatedly; -- used especially of impact from winds,
and sometimes metaphorically; as, buffeted by criticism.
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Buffeted
(gcide) | Buffet \Buf"fet\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Buffeted; p. pr. & vb.
n. Buffeting.] [OE. buffeten, OF. buffeter. See the
preceding noun.]
1. To strike with the hand or fist; to box; to beat; to cuff;
to slap.
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They spit in his face and buffeted him. --Matt.
xxvi. 67.
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2. To affect as with blows; to strike repeatedly; to strive
with or contend against; as, to buffet the billows.
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The sudden hurricane in thunder roars,
Buffets the bark, and whirls it from the shores.
--Broome.
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You are lucky fellows who can live in a dreamland of
your own, instead of being buffeted about the world.
--W. Black.
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3. [Cf. Buffer.] To deaden the sound of (bells) by muffling
the clapper.
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buffeted
(wn) | buffeted
adj 1: pounded or hit repeatedly by storms or adversities [syn:
buffeted, storm-tossed, tempest-tossed, {tempest-
tost}, tempest-swept] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
Buffeted
(gcide) | battered \battered\ adj.
1. In deplorable condition; as, the battered old Ford station
wagon.
Syn: beat-up, beaten-up, bedraggled, broken-down,
dilapidated, ramshackle, tumble-down, unsound.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. Hit or pounded repeatedly and violently with heavy blows;
as, a battered old car; antomyn of unbattered. [Narrower
terms: buffeted; {storm-tossed, tempest-tossed,
tempest-tost, tempest-swept}]
[WordNet 1.5]
3. Damaged especially by hard usage. his battered old hat
[WordNet 1.5]
4. beaten repeatedly; -- of people; as, a battered child; the
battered woman syndrome; a battered wife.
Syn: beaten.
[WordNet 1.5]buffeted \buffeted\ adj.
struck repeatedly; -- used especially of impact from winds,
and sometimes metaphorically; as, buffeted by criticism.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]Buffet \Buf"fet\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Buffeted; p. pr. & vb.
n. Buffeting.] [OE. buffeten, OF. buffeter. See the
preceding noun.]
1. To strike with the hand or fist; to box; to beat; to cuff;
to slap.
[1913 Webster]
They spit in his face and buffeted him. --Matt.
xxvi. 67.
[1913 Webster]
2. To affect as with blows; to strike repeatedly; to strive
with or contend against; as, to buffet the billows.
[1913 Webster]
The sudden hurricane in thunder roars,
Buffets the bark, and whirls it from the shores.
--Broome.
[1913 Webster]
You are lucky fellows who can live in a dreamland of
your own, instead of being buffeted about the world.
--W. Black.
[1913 Webster]
3. [Cf. Buffer.] To deaden the sound of (bells) by muffling
the clapper.
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