battling

== English == === Etymology 1 === From battle (“to nourish, feed”). ==== Alternative forms ==== batteling ==== Noun ==== battling (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 ==== battling (comparative more battling, superlative most battling) Nourishing; fattening. Fertile. === Etymology 2 === From Middle English batellynge, equivalent to battle +‎ -ing. ==== Adjective ==== battling (comparative more battling, superlative most battling) Engaged in battle. ===== Derived terms ===== ==== Verb ==== battling present participle of battle === Etymology 3 === From Middle English bataillinge, equivalent to battle +‎ -ing. ==== Noun ==== battling (countable and uncountable, plural battlings) Engagement in combat, fighting; struggling. ===== Derived terms ===== === Anagrams === anti-LGBT, blatting