1. n. A brace, band, or clasp for strengthening or holding things together.
2. n. (medicine) An instrument used to temporarily shut off blood vessels, etc.
3. n. A mass of bricks heaped up to be burned; or of ore for roasting, or of coal coking.
4. n. A pile of root vegetables stored under a layer of earth.
5. n. A piece of wood (batten) across the grain of a board end to keep it flat, as in a breadboard.
6. n. (electronics) An electronic circuit that fixes either the positive or the negative peak excursions of a signal to a defined value by shifting its DC value.
7. v. (transitive, intransitive) To fasten in place or together with (or as if with) a clamp.
8. v. To hold or grip tightly.
9. v. To modify (a numeric value) so it lies within a specific range.
10. v. (obsolete) To cover (vegetables, etc.) with earth.
11. n. (dated) A heavy footstep; a tramp.
12. v. (intransitive, dated) To tread heavily or clumsily; to clump or clomp.
