bating
Americanpreposition
Other Word Forms
- unbating adjective
Etymology
Origin of bating
First recorded in 1560–70; shortening of abating; abate
Example Sentences
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She hung upside down, bating with her wings.
From Literature
So Lancelot, and all the other angry men, went circling round Camelot in a bitter atmosphere of knots and competition and bating hawks.
From Literature
The hawk stopped bating and the leaves did not rustle.
From Literature
A hawk cannot escape by bating, because its owner holds its jesses—slim leather straps attached to bands the bird wears on its ankles.
From The New Yorker
There was a noticeable bating of breath as she acknowledged that she and Trump had their differences.
From BBC
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