Clues for the word "BATE"
We've had 22 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 97 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Penny Dell Daily crossword on March 15, 2026.
Definition of bate
- n. - Strife; contention.
- v. t. - To lessen by retrenching, deducting, or reducing; to abate; to beat down; to lower.
- v. t. - To allow by way of abatement or deduction.
- v. t. - To leave out; to except.
- v. t. - To remove.
- v. t. - To deprive of.
- v. i. - To remit or retrench a part; -- with of.
- v. i. - To waste away.
- v. t. - To attack; to bait.
- - imp. of Bite.
- v. i. - To flutter as a hawk; to bait.
- n. - See 2d Bath.
- n. - An alkaline solution consisting of the dung of certain animals; -- employed in the preparation of hides; grainer.
- v. t. - To steep in bate, as hides, in the manufacture of leather.
Referring Clues
- Restrain
- Diminish
- Make less intense
- Decrease
- Lessen
- Hold back, as breath
- Lessen in intensity
- Moderate
- Lessen the force of
- Subside
- Lessen, to the Bard
- Lessen, to the bard
- To take away
- Soak leather in base solution
- Restrain, as one's breath
- Make less intense, as one's breath
- Reduce in force or intensity
- Hold, as one's breath
- Reduce in intensity
- Restrain, as breath
- Reduce
- Restrain, as one's enthusiasm
Last Seen In
- Penny Dell Daily - March 15, 2026
- Daily American - March 02, 2026
- Daily American - September 07, 2025
- Daily American - May 17, 2025
- Daily American - September 29, 2024
- Daily American - September 16, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - August 28, 2024
- Daily American - August 25, 2024
- Daily American - August 16, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - June 13, 2024
- New York Times - May 28, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - May 19, 2024
- Daily American - April 24, 2024
- LA Times - April 21, 2024
- Daily American - April 07, 2024
- Daily American - March 24, 2024
- Daily American - March 01, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - February 21, 2024
- Daily American - September 07, 2023
- New York Times - July 30, 2023
- Daily American - May 17, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - April 25, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - January 15, 2023
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - December 05, 2022
- Daily American - September 29, 2022
- Daily American - September 16, 2022
- Daily American - August 25, 2022
- Daily American - August 16, 2022
- Penny Dell Daily - January 11, 2018
- Jonesin - September 12, 2017
- And in 67 more crossword puzzles...