bate
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How bate fits the hive
Base Score
1
Before any pangram bonus
Unique Letters
4
A B E T
Two-Letter Start
BA
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Ending
TE
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- 4 letters
- 4 unique letters
- BA start
- TE ending
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- bate is a four-letter word, so it is worth 1 point when accepted.
- It uses 4 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include a, b, e, t plus any remaining hive letters.
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Pronunciation
Definitions
verb
To reduce the force of something; to abate.
verb
To restrain, usually with the sense of being in anticipation
verb
(sometimes figurative) To cut off, remove, take away.
verb
To leave out, except, bar.
verb
To waste away.
verb
To deprive of.
verb
To lessen by retrenching, deducting, or reducing; to abate; to beat down; to lower.
verb
To allow by way of abatement or deduction.
noun
Strife; contention.
verb
To contend or strive with blows or arguments.
verb
Of a falcon: To flap the wings vigorously; to bait.
noun
An alkaline lye which neutralizes the effect of the previous application of lime, and makes hides supple in the process of tanning.
noun
A vat which contains this liquid.
verb
To soak leather so as to remove chemicals used in tanning; to steep in bate.
verb
To hit; strike
"As soon as she heard that her father had died, she went into a rage and beat the wall with her fists until her knuckles bled."
verb
To strike or pound repeatedly, usually in some sort of rhythm.
"He danced hypnotically while she beat the atabaque."
verb
To strike repeatedly; to inflict repeated blows; to knock vigorously or loudly.
verb
To move with pulsation or throbbing.
verb
To win against; to defeat or overcome; to do better than, outdo, or excel (someone) in a particular, competitive event.
"I just can't seem to beat the last level of this video game."
verb
To sail to windward using a series of alternate tacks across the wind.
verb
To strike (water, foliage etc.) in order to drive out game; to travel through (a forest etc.) for hunting.
verb
To mix food in a rapid fashion. Compare whip.
"Beat the eggs and whip the cream."
verb
(In haggling for a price) of a buyer, to persuade the seller to reduce a price
"He wanted $50 for it, but I managed to beat him down to $35."
verb
To indicate by beating or drumming.
"to beat a retreat; to beat to quarters"
verb
To tread, as a path.
verb
To exercise severely; to perplex; to trouble.
verb
To be in agitation or doubt.
verb
To make a sound when struck.
"The drums beat."
verb
To make a succession of strokes on a drum.
"The drummers beat to call soldiers to their quarters."
verb
To sound with more or less rapid alternations of greater and less intensity, so as to produce a pulsating effect; said of instruments, tones, or vibrations, not perfectly in unison.
verb
To arrive at a place before someone.
"He beat me there."
verb
To have sexual intercourse.
"Bruv, she came in just as we started to beat."
verb
To rob.
"He beat me out of 12 bucks last night."
verb
To masturbate.
"I could go out and take a walk in the park, but I'd rather stay home and bate all day."
Related Words
Same Letters
- abate
- abet
- beat
- beta
Synonyms
- doit
- getiton
- havesex
- shag
- hammer
- knock
- pound
- strike
- whack
- negotiate