Every Monday the whole office used to wait with bated breath for his report...
We would gather round my grandmother and listen with bated breath while she read of Wee Curly's latest adventures.
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Bated — Bat ed, a. Reduced; lowered; restrained; as, to speak with bated breath. Macaulay. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bated — ► ADJECTIVE (in phrase with bated breath) ▪ in great suspense. ORIGIN from obsolete bate «restrain», from ABATE(Cf. ↑abatement) … English terms dictionary
bated — bat|ed [ˈbeıtıd] adj [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: abate] with bated breath feeling very anxious or excited ▪ He waited for a reply to his offer with bated breath … Dictionary of contemporary English
bated — bat|ed [ beıtəd ] adjective with bated breath worried or excited and paying a lot of attention because you want to know what will happen: We waited with bated breath to find out who had won … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
bated — adjective (in phr. with bated breath) in great suspense. Origin C16: from the past participle of obs. bate restrain , from abate. Usage The correct phrase is with bated breath not with baited breath … English new terms dictionary
bated — adjective with bated breath feeling very anxious or excited: We waited with bated breath for the results of the test to come through … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Bated — Bate Bate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bating}.] [From abate.] 1. To lessen by retrenching, deducting, or reducing; to abate; to beat down; to lower. [1913 Webster] He must either bate the laborer s wages, or not employ or not… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bated — adjective Reduced; lowered; restrained; as, to speak with bated breath … Wiktionary
bated — un·bated; … English syllables
bated — UK [ˈbeɪtɪd] / US [ˈbeɪtəd] adjective with bated breath … English dictionary
