Definizione monolingua

battle

battle (third-person singular simple present battles, present participle battling, simple past and past participle battled)

1. (transitive, UK dialectal, chiefly Scotland, Northern England) To nourish; feed.
2. (transitive, UK dialectal, chiefly Scotland, Northern England) To render fertile or fruitful, as in soil.

battle (plural battles)

1. A general action, fight, or encounter, in which all the divisions of an army are or may be engaged; an engagement; a combat.
2. A struggle; a contest; as, the battle of life.

   The whole intellectual battle that had at its center the best poem of the best poet of that day. - Henry Morley.

   • 2011 November 3, Chris Bevan, “Rubin Kazan 1 - 0 Tottenham”, BBC Sport:

     In truth, Tottenham never really looked like taking all three points and this defeat means they face a battle to reach the knockout stages -with their next home game against PAOK Salonika on 30 November likely to prove decisive.

3. (now rare) A division of an army; a battalion.
   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book II:

     Thenne kyng Arthur made redy his hoost in x batails [...].

   The king divided his army into three battles. - Francis Bacon.

   The cavalry, by way of distinction, was called the battle, and on it alone depended the fate of every action. - William Robertson.

   • 2000, George RR Martin, A Storm of Swords, Bantam 2011, p. 634:

     ‘I will have more than twelve thousand men. I mean to divide them into three battles and start up the causeway a half-day apart.’

4. (obsolete) The main body, as distinct from the vanguard and rear; battalia.

battle (comparative more battle, superlative most battle)

1. (UK dialectal, chiefly Scotland, Northern England) (agriculture) Improving; nutritious; fattening.

   battle grass, battle pasture

2. (UK dialectal, chiefly Scotland, Northern England) Fertile; fruitful.

   battle soil, battle land

Definizione dizionario battle

	battaglia
	general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
	Scontro armato tra eserciti
	An instance of combat in warfare between two or more parties wherein each group will seek to defeat the others.

	lotta
	struggle; a contest; as, the battle of life

bataglia

battagliare

battersi

combattere

combattimento

discussione

guerra

lite

litigare

litigio

lottare

rissa

scontro

Altri significati:

(obsolete) A division of an army; a battalion.

(UK dialectal, chiefly Scottish, Northern England) Fertile; fruitful.

(transitive, UK dialectal, chiefly Scottish, Northern England) To nourish; feed.

Struggle for superiority.

(obsolete) The main body, as distinct from the van and rear; battalia.

A struggle; a contest; as, the battle of life.

(intransitive): To join in battle; to contend in fight; as, to battle over theories.

(obsolete) a division of an army; a battalion

(UK dialectal, chiefly Scottish, Northern England) (agriculture) Improving; nutritious; fattening.

(transitive, UK dialectal, chiefly Scottish, Northern England) To render fertile or fruitful, as in soil.

(transitive): To assail in battle; to fight.

(intransitive) to join in battle; to contend in fight

(transitive) to assail in battle; to fight

A general action, fight, or encounter, in which all the divisions of an army are or may be engaged; an engagement; a combat.