strike repeatedly with hard blows

a prisoner was battered to death with a table leg

he was battered and falsely imprisoned by the officers

a semi-liquid mixture of flour, egg, and milk or water, used for making pancakes or for coating food before frying

pancake batter

a batter thin enough to be poured

a damaged area of metal type or a printing block

(in various sports, especially baseball or cricket) a player who is batting

the replay goes into a slow-motion view and zooms in on the batter as he hits a ball out

a gradual backwards slope in a wall or similar structure

the batter is an inch in for every foot of height

(of a wall) have a receding slope