To beat with successive blows; to beat with violence, so as to bruise, shake, or demolish;, as, to batter a wall.

To wear or impair with beating; as a battered pavement; a battered jade.

To attack with a battering ram.

To attack with heavy artillery, for the purpose of making a breach in a wall or rampart.

To swell, bulge or stand out, as a timber or side of a wall from its foundation.

A mixture of several ingredients, as flour, eggs, salt, beaten together with some liquor, used in cookery.