Home › Words › B › battlingbattlingbattling means nourishing; fattening.EtymologyFrom battle (“to nourish, feed”).adjNourishing; fattening.Fertile.Engaged in battle.nounA growing fat, or the process of causing to grow fat; a fattening.That which nourishes or fattens, as food, or feed for animals, or manure for soil.Engagement in combat, fighting; struggling.Struggling to make a life; doing it hard.e.g.“We felt sorry for the old pioneer, after a life-time of hard battling.” — 1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 47:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.batten 62% match — To cause (an animal, etc.) to become fat or thrive through plenteous feeding; to fatten. vs battling →nourishingly 59% match — In a way that provides nourishment or food. vs battling →alible 59% match — Nourishing. vs battling →fatteningly 58% match — In a fattening way. vs battling →battable 57% match — Capable of cultivation; fertile; productive. vs battling →fattened 57% match — Having gotten fat. vs battling →battener 56% match — One who battens or feasts. vs battling →nourish 56% match — A nurse. vs battling →