bated (Meaning)

Wordnet

bated (s)

diminished or moderated

Webster

of Bate

Webster

Reduced; lowered; restrained; as, to speak with bated breath.

With bated breath, the audience awaited the outcome of the tense match.
The suspense had reached its peak, leaving the spectators on tenterhooks.
As the seconds ticked away, the crowd held their breath in bated anticipation.
The hunter waited with bated breath, his senses heightened as he tracked his prey.
The moment of truth approached, and the tension became almost unbearable.
The surgery was underway, and the family anxiously paced the waiting room, their hearts beating with bated trepidation.
The secret was about to be revealed, and everyone listened with bated ears.
The child watched the fireworks with bated wonder, her eyes wide with amazement.
The politician delivered his speech with bated intensity, his every word carrying the weight of his conviction.
The scientist waited with bated anticipation as her experiment reached its critical stage.

diminished or moderatedof Bate, Reduced; lowered; restrained; as, to speak with bated breath.

abated, severed, unfastened,removed, subtracted, excised, deducted, disconnected, separated, detached

annexed, attached, tacked (on), appended, appended, affixed, tied, added, tacked (on), annexed

With bated breath, the audience awaited the outcome of the tense match.

The suspense had reached its peak, leaving the spectators on tenterhooks.

As the seconds ticked away, the crowd held their breath in bated anticipation.

The hunter waited with bated breath, his senses heightened as he tracked his prey.