battling

Noun

(plural battlings)

A 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.

Adjective

(comparative more battling, superlative most battling)

Origin

From battle (“to nourish, feed”).

Verb

Origin

From battle.

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Justin glanced at Megan, never battling an eye.
The world continued in its delayed movement, and they turned to watch the battling duo.
Birds flitted from tree to tree, chirping at each other and battling over the best roosting sights.
Things a man battling for his planet neither had time for nor needed.
"Angel memories say …" He turned to see Ully several meters away, suspended in the air and battling branches that tried to grab his arms.

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