"Bate" is a word in ENGLISH
To remit or retrench a part; -- with of.
To lessen by retrenching, deducting, or reducing; to
abate; to beat down; to lower.
An alkaline solution consisting of the dung of certain
animals; -- employed in the preparation of hides; grainer.
To allow by way of abatement or deduction.
To steep in bate, as hides, in the manufacture of leather.
To waste away.
To leave out; to except.
To flutter as a hawk; to bait.
To attack; to bait.
See 2d Bath.
To deprive of.
Strife; contention.
imp. of Bite.
To remove.
... as a reminder that a white man could still kill him for nothing.
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One day an out of work mime is visiting the zoo and attemptsto earn some money as a street performer. Unfortunately, assoon as he starts to draw a crowd, a zoo keeper grabs him anddrags him into his office. The zoo-keeper explains to the mime that the zoo's mostpopular attraction, a gorilla, has died suddenly and thekeeper fears that attendance at the zoo will fall off. Heoffers the mime a job to dress up as the gorilla until theycan get another one. The mime accepts. So the next morning the mime puts on the gorilla suit andenters the cage before crowd comes. He discovers that it's agreat job. He can sleep all he wants, play and make fun ofpeople and he draws bigger crowds than he ever did as a mime.However, eventually the crowds tire of him and he tires ofjust swinging on tires. He begins to notice that the people are paying moreattention to the lion in the cag e next to his. Not wanting tolose the attention of his audience, he climbs to the top ofhis cage, crawls across a partition, and dangles from the topto the lion's cage. Of course, this makes the lion furious,but the crowd loves it. At the end of the day the zoo-keepercomes and gives the mime a raise for being such a goodattraction. Well, this goes on for some time, the mime keeps tauntingthe lion, the crowds grow larger, and his salary keeps goingup. Then one terrible day when he is dangling over thefurious lion, he slips and falls. The mime is terrified. Thelion gathers itself and prepares to pounce. The mime is so scared that he begins to run round and roundthe cage with the lion close behind. Finally, the mime startsscreaming and yelling, "Help, Help me!" but the lion is quickand pounces. The mime soon finds himself flat on his back looking up atthe angry lion and the lion says, " Shut up you idiot! Do youwant to get us both fired?"
Having the quality of hiding.
Read the complete definitionA place for hiding or preserving articles of value.
Read the complete definitionTo hide; to conceal.
Read the complete definitionTo hide, withdraw, or be concealed.
Read the complete definitionFugitive concealment; secret retirement; hiding.
Read the complete definitionalaw (not without l) v [A; a12] {1} watch s. o. from hiding unobserved. Iring nga nag-alaw sa pisù, The …
Read the complete definitionalip-ip v [AP] {1} hide by making oneself as small as possible behind s.t. Mialip-ip (mipaalip-ip) ang kawatan sa bungbung, …
Read the complete definitionánsyas - (Sp. ansia, ansiar) Eagerness, anxiety, desire for; to be eager, anxious, to desire, hanker after or crave; want; …
Read the complete definitionaribáda v [A2; c] go, put s.w. for refuge or safekeeping. Didtu mi nakaaribáda sa simbahan pagbagyu, We took refuge …
Read the complete definitionasu n {1} smoke. Way asu nga makumkum, You cant hide smoke in your fist. (No secret can be kept …
Read the complete definitionbabuybabuy n {1} k. o. louse which hides in crannies and lives in damp places. {2} k. o. cowrie. v …
Read the complete definitionAmong leather dealers, the thickest and stoutest tanned hides.
Read the complete definitionbákbak - Also: to beat, drub, give one a hiding, punish severely. (cf. tarítári, torótóro, bakábáka, búnak, labá, pákas).
Read the complete definitionbakulaw n ugly-faced supernatural being said to abduct small children and hide them from their parents. Ayaw pagsábà kay tingálig …
Read the complete definitionbala, bála (not without l) n {1} bullet. {2} staples. {3} money. v [A; c] {1} load gun, stapler. Maáyu …
Read the complete definitionbalahúbà - Known, public, notorious, spread, rumoured (said of news, etc.); to get known, become public, etc. Nabalahúbà inâ sa …
Read the complete definitionbalanganán - Ambush, ambuscade, trench, hiding place (for lying in wait for); one to be—waylaid,—ambushed,—attacked from a hiding place. (cf. …
Read the complete definitionbalat Active Verb: magbalat Passive Verb: balatan Definition: 1) skin, hide (noun) 2) birthmark (on skin) (noun) 3) bark of …
Read the complete definitionbaláw - (B) An interrogative particle having the meaning of: How can you think so? Do you imagine that——, unless——? …
Read the complete definitionbalay n {1} house. alampuánan house of worship. sa lawàlawà spiderweb. sa ligwan, putyúkan beehive, hornets nest. lungsud city hall. …
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