Meaning of battle in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

noun

• A contest, a struggle.

  Example: the battle of life

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

• A division of an army; a battalion.

• The main body of an army, as distinct from the vanguard and rear; the battalia.

verb

• To join in battle; to contend in fight

  Example: Scientists always battle over theories.

• To fight or struggle; to enter into a battle with.

  Example: She has been battling cancer for years.

verb

• To nourish; feed.

• To render (for example soil) fertile or fruitful

adjective

• Improving; nutritious; fattening.

  Example: battle grass, battle pasture

• Fertile; fruitful.

  Example: battle soil, battle land