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say it: bayt
bate is a verb meaning "moderate or restrain; lessen the force of". It carries 3 recorded senses.
moderate or restrain; lessen the force of
“He bated his breath when talking about this affair”
“capable of bating his enthusiasm”
flap the wings wildly or frantically; used of falcons
soak in a special solution to soften and remove chemicals used in previous treatments
“bate hides and skins”
chemistry
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for bate come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.