different between elevated vs batture

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??l?ve?t?d/
• Hyphenation: el?e?vated

Verb

elevated

1. simple past tense and past participle of elevate

Adjective

elevated (comparative more elevated, superlative most elevated)

1. Raised, particularly above ground level.
2. Increased, particularly above a normal level.

   the elevated language of poetry

3. Of a higher rank or status.
4. (computing) Running with administration rights granted

   Install all the required tools from an elevated console.

5. (archaic, slang) intoxicated; drunk

Translations

Noun

elevated (plural elevateds)

1. (US) An elevated railway.
   • 1934, Dashiell Hammett, The Thin Man, New York: Knopf, Chapter 16,^[1]

     Mr. Nunheim’s home was on the fourth floor of a dark, damp, and smelly building made noisy by the Sixth Avenue elevated.

   • 2012, Roger P. Roess, Gene Sansone, The Wheels That Drove New York

     While the New York, Fordham, and Bronx Railway never built any elevateds, its franchise rights were valuable.

English

Etymology

French

Noun

batture (plural battures)

1. A sea bed or a river bed that has been raised or elevated.

Derived terms

• batturate

Anagrams

• abutter

French

Noun

batture f (plural battures)

1. A mixture of wax, linseed oil and turpentine used in bookbinding; the process of applying this mixture
2. batture
3. foreshore