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Adjective
/ˈbātid/,
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In great suspense; very anxiously or excitedly,
  1. In great suspense; very anxiously or excitedly
    • - he waited for a reply to his offer with bated breath
  1. diminished or moderated; "our bated enthusiasm"; "his bated hopes"
  2. (bate) moderate or restrain; lessen the force of; "He bated his breath when talking about this affair"; "capable of bating his enthusiasm"
  3. (bate) flap the wings wildly or frantically; used of falcons
  4. (bate) soak in a special solution to soften and remove chemicals used in previous treatments; "bate hides and skins"
  5. (Baté) Báté is a village in Somogy county, Hungary.
  6. FC BATE Borisov (ФК БАТЭ Барысаў, FK BATE Barysaw, pronounced ; ФК БАТЭ Борисов, FK BATE Borisov) is a Belarusian football team playing in the city of Barysaw. They compete in the Belarusian Premier League and are the reigning champions. ...
  7. Bates is a popular surname of English origin. It is often used to refer to Bates College in Lewiston, Maine in the United States. At the time of the British Census of 1881, the relative frequency of the surname Bates was highest in Buckinghamshire (5. ...
  8. (Bates (automobile)) The Bates was an automobile manufactured in Lansing, Michigan, by the Bates Automobile Company from 1903-05. The Bates was the brainchild of M.F. Bates, who was vice-president of the company. The company was organized on May 27, 1903. ...
  9. (Bates (Stargate)) The characters from the Canadian-American military science fiction television series Stargate Atlantis were created by Brad Wright and Robert C. Cooper. The series follows the adventures of a human expedition to the lost city of Atlantis in the Pegasus Galaxy. ...
  10. (The Bates) The Bates was a German punk band, founded in Eschwege, federal state of Hesse, Germany in 1987. The name refers to the character Norman Bates from Alfred Hitchcock's film Psycho.
  11. Reduced; lowered; restrained; as, to speak with bated breath
  12. (bate) Strife; contention; To reduce the force of something; to abate; To restrain, usually with the sense of being in anticipation; as, with bated breath; To cut off, remove, take away
  13. (bating) Apart from; except
  14. (BATE) An attempt by a bird of prey to fly when it is tied to a perch or held on a gloved hand.
  15. (Bate) (v.) – when a hawk jumps off a falconer’s fist or a perch.
  16. (Bate) A hawk is said to” bate “ when she flutters off from the fist, perch or block, whether from wildness, or for exercise, or in the attempt to chase.
  17. (Bate) An alkaline solution used in tanning hides
  18. (bate) {batẹy}.   From Engl.   n. al.; v. intr., tr. bateik; n. pers. ri-bate; v. distrib. bōbatete (ebbatete); n. constr. batein; v. dir. ~ tok/ḷọk/waj.   putty.
  19. (Bates) In 1920, William Bates stated in Perfect Sight Without Glasses that the contraction of two extraocular muscles, the superior and inferior obliques, were responsible for accommodation.^[2]
  20. ((bating)) senses. The former being those five faculties known amongst the European writes as seeing (basirah), hearing (sam'ah), smelling (shammah), taste (za'iqah), touch (lamisah). ...
  21. (Bating) Attempting to fly from the fist or perch, while still attached. This can happen if the bird is startled, upset, fearful or impatient to be flying.
  22. (Bating) Process usually preformed at the same time as deliming, used to impart softness, stretch, and flexibility to the leather.
  23. (Bating) The process prior to tanning proper where the fibres of a hide or skin which have been plumped or swollen by liming are reduced and softened, thus assuring pliability in the product. The word is a form of "abate" in the sense of reduce. (11)
  24. is seldom used but means "reduced, abated": Jessica waited with bated breath for news of her success.