battered

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battered

1. simple past tense and past participle of batter

battered (comparative more battered, superlative most battered)

1. Beaten up through a lot of use; in rough condition; weathered.
   • 1944, Miles Burton, chapter 5, in The Three Corpse Trick:

     The dinghy was trailing astern at the end of its painter, and Merrion looked at it as he passed. He saw that it was a battered-looking affair of the prahm type, with a blunt snout, and like the parent ship, had recently been painted a vivid green.

2. Beaten repeatedly or consistently; beaten up.
3. (cooking) Coated with batter.