zmírnit — meaning in English
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English meaning
- abate verb To become less strong or severe; to die down.
- allay verb To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm.
- assuage verb To make an unpleasant feeling, such as fear, guilt, or grief, less intense.
- bate verb To reduce the force of something; to abate.
- cushion noun A soft fabric pad used for comfort when sitting or leaning.
- mitigate verb To make something less severe, harmful, or serious.
- tamp verb To plug up with clay, earth, dry sand, sod, or other material, as a hole bored in a rock.
Senses
zmírnit is used for these senses in English:
- abate To lessen (something) in force or intensity; to moderate. [from 14th c.]
- allay (transitive) To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate.
- assuage (transitive) To lessen the intensity of, to mitigate or relieve (hunger, emotion, pain, etc.).
- bate (transitive) To reduce the force of something; to abate.
- cushion (figurative) To absorb or deaden the impact of.
- mitigate (transitive, of problems or flaws) To reduce, lessen, or decrease and thereby to make less severe or easier to bear.
- tamp (blasting) To plug up with clay, earth, dry sand, sod, or other material, as a hole bored in a rock.
abate — full definition
- verb To become less strong or severe; to die down.
- verb (law) To cancel or bring a legal matter to an end.
allay — full definition
- verb To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm.
- verb To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate.
- verb To subside, abate, become peaceful.
- verb To mix (metals); to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to deteriorate.