Definition of "battle"
- adjective
(agriculture) Improving; nutritious; fattening.
Fertile; fruitful.
- verb
To nourish; feed.
To render fertile or fruitful, as in soil.
To join in battle; to contend in fight; as, to battle over theories.
To assail in battle; to fight.
- noun
A general action, fight, or encounter, in which all the divisions of an army are or may be engaged; an engagement; a combat.
A struggle; a contest.
A division of an army; a battalion.
The main body, as distinct from the vanguard and rear; battalia.
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