BATTEN DOWN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does batten down mean? 

• BATTEN DOWN (verb)
  The verb BATTEN DOWN has 1 sense:

1. furnish with battens

  Familiarity information: BATTEN DOWN used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BATTEN DOWN (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Furnish with battens

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

batten; batten down; secure

Context example:

batten ships

Hypernyms (to "batten down" is one way to...):

beef up; fortify; strengthen (make strong or stronger)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

 Context examples 

“You'll perhaps batten down your hatches till you're spoke to, my friend,” cried Silver truculently to this speaker.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)