1. Bated From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Bated bat‧ed / ˈbeɪtɪd / adjective → with Bated breath Examples from the Corpus Bated • I was waiting with Bated breath for him to say something, anything, that wasn't a cliche.

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3. To give an example, as you can see in this dictionary entry, one can have Bated sentiments such as Bated enthusiasm or Bated hopes:

4. Bated: 1 adj diminished or moderated “our Bated enthusiasm” “his Bated hopes” Synonyms: decreased , reduced made less in size or amount or degree

5. His curiosity has bated.

6. Bated breath, with Bated breath, or baited breath refers to restraining one's breathing in anticipation or supplicance

7. Bated Definition: diminished or moderated

8. What does Bated mean? Information and translations of Bated in the most comprehensive dictionary definitions resource on …

9. Bated Now usually only used in the phrase with Bated breath hushed and very ordinary or trivial ones

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11. 2 words related to Bated: decreased, reduced

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13. Bated Short term used for masterbation

14. Learn definitions, uses, and phrases with Bated breath.

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16. Bated Sentence Examples The words forced themselves out of her mouth and she gazed up at him with Bated breath

17. Baited breath is a common misspelling of Bated breath.

18. Definition of Bated adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

19. With Bated breath definition: If you wait for something with Bated breath , you wait anxiously to find out what will Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples

20. See also: breath, hold with Bated breath Eagerly

21. He bated his breath when talking about this affair.

22. Examples: He waited for the answer with Bated breath

23. 'Bated breath' makes perfect sense once you know that

24. In 1920 there was 1 Bated family living in Tennessee

25. Bated breath is contained in 1 match in Merriam-Webster Dictionary

26. With Bated breath, with breath drawn in or held because of anticipation or suspense: We watched with Bated breath as the runners approached the finish line.

27. Tennessee had the highest population of Bated families in 1920.

28. Bated and baited sound the same and we no longer use Bated (let alone the verb to bate), outside this one set phrase, which has become an idiom

29. With silent lips and bated breath all stood with eyes fixed upon Jesus.

30. A list of words that end with Bated.We search a large Scrabble dictionary for words ending with the letter or word you enter, and generate all words ending with Bated (words with the suffix Bated)

31. See authoritative translations of Bated in Spanish with example sentences and audio pronunciations.

32. Sensing that there was something unusual behind it, he listened with bated breath.

33. The most Bated families were found in the USA in 1920, and Canada in 1911

34. She bated her breath and shivered with fright when the burglar broke in.

35. Shall I bend low and in a bondman's key, With Bated breath and whisp'ring humbleness,

36. The Bated family name was found in the USA, and Canada between 1911 and 1920

37. I would be waiting every day bated breath wondering when the ax was going to fall.

38. He bated his breath when talking about this affair; capable of bating his enthusiasm.

39. Synonyms for Bated include ebbed, lessened, waned, aBated, moderated, slackened, lapsed, eased, checked and curbed

40. 'Bated' is simply a shortened form of 'aBated', meaning 'to bring down, lower or depress'

41. The words Baited and bated are two terms that sound alike but have very different meanings

42. Kristi: I saw this picture on myspace of Brad Arnold and I totally Bated to it.

43. Lessened the force of; with breath drawn in or held: She spoke with Bated breath.

44. Antonyms for Bated include harsh, intense, sharp, strong, vivid, burning, concentrated, full, bright and hard

45. With Bated breath and beating heart he moved toward the Rhetor (by which name the …

46. From the Cambridge English Corpus Here, the writer presumably first adapted the phrase with Bated …

47. The Chairman's remarks were so Astounding that the audience listened to him with bated breath

48. The word Bated is an abbreviation of the word aBated, meaning to lessen in severity or amount

49. The words baited and Bated are two terms that sound alike but have very different meanings

50. Bated is an archaic form of the word abate, … which means to diminish, to beat down, or to reduce

51. To the tall man with the flat face the assembly listened with eager looks, Bated breath, and open mouths

52. The word Bated is a clipped form of the past tense of the verb abate, which means to reduce or restrain

53. A relative of Bate appears in the phrase "with Bated breath," which describes what you do when you anxiously wait.

54. It may also refer to: In literature "With Bated breath", a quote from the earliest known use of the phrase, in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice (circa 1597); With Bated Breath, a drama by Bryden MacDonald that received the Lambda Literary Award for Drama in 2010

55. bate (third-person singular simple present bates, present participle Bating, simple past and past participle bated) (intransitive, slang) To masturbate

56. Within the locatable ambit of concentration, the growth and multiplication of cells are bated, but the number of death cells increased unobvious.

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58. ‘Montreal waits with Bated breath until it is announced that the city's official bird is the… American Golden Finch!’ ‘The young ones were waiting with Bated breath to have a rendezvous with Kalam, for wherever he tours, a session with kids is very much part of his itinerary.’

59. Context examples “And the wood and stone, holy father?” asked Alleyne, with Bated breath, as he stared awe-struck at his precious relics

60. … So when you're waiting with Bated breath, … and you can think of that as aBated breath, … you're so eager, anxious, excited, or

61. Find 36 ways to say WITH Bated BREATH, along with antonyms, related words, and example sentences at Thesaurus.com, the world's most trusted free thesaurus.

62. The pickled pelt or bated hides were pretreated separately with glyoxylic acid, amino compounds and dicyandiamide resin etc. , then tanned with less chrome.

63. Bated here is a contraction of aBated through loss of the unstressed first vowel (a process called aphesis); it means “reduced, lessened, lowered in force”.

64. Definition of Bated written for English Language Learners from the Merriam-Webster Learner's Dictionary with audio pronunciations, usage examples, and count/noncount noun labels.

65. The expression with Bated breath is recorded as appearing for the first time in William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice towards the end of the 16th century

66. To lessen the force or intensity of; moderate: "To his dying day he Bated his breath a little when he told the story" (George Eliot)

67. Bate d is rarely used on its own as an adjective or verb anymore, but it lingers in the English language in the phrase Bated breath

68. THE NORSEMEN IN THE WEST R.M. BALLANTYNE His followers—in a compact body, in deep silence and with Bated breath—followed his steps and his example

69. Lured, enticed: She baited him with a seductive dance.; placed bait on a hook Not to be confused with: Bated – lessened the force of; with breath drawn in

70. So when you’re waiting with Bated breath (you can think of that as aBated breath), you’re so eager, anxious, excited, or frightened that you’re almost holding your breath

71. "Bated" is a form of the word "abate," which means “to diminish, beat down, or reduce,” and it’s spelled B-A-T-E-D

72. Aside from its meaning within the idiom "with Bated breath," bate as a verb can mean 1) to moderate or restrain, or 2) to lessen or diminish, among other definitions

73. Baited, which is sometimes seen, is a misspelling, since bated in this sense is a shortened form of abated, the idea being that your breathing is lessened under the influence of extreme suspense

74. (The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) She was looking on with Bated breath, leaning slightly forward, so keen was her interest, one hand pressed to her breast, her cheek flushed, and in her eyes a great and amazed admiration.

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78. Inflections of 'Bate' (v): (⇒ conjugate) Bates v 3rd person singular bating v pres p verb, present participle: -ing verb used descriptively or to form progressive verb--for example, "a singing bird," "It is singing." Bated v past verb, past simple: Past tense--for example, "He saw the man." ." "She laugh