noun
A contest, a struggle.
(military) A general action, fight, or encounter, in which all the divisions of an army are or may be engaged; a combat, an engagement.
(military, now rare) A division of an army; a battalion.
(military, obsolete) The main body of an army, as distinct from the vanguard and rear; the battalia.
(military) Clipping of battle buddy.
verb
(intransitive) To join in battle; to contend in fight
(transitive) To fight or struggle; to enter into a battle with.
adjective
Of grass or pasture: nutritious to cattle or sheep; fattening, nourishing.
(by extension) Of land (originally pastureland) or soil: fertile, fruitful.
verb
To feed or nourish (someone or something).
To render (land, soil, etc.) fertile or fruitful.