attenuate in Finnish
attenuate in Finnish is suippotyvinen — attenuate means to make something smaller, weaker or less in amount.
attenuate in Finnish
suippotyvinen
(botany, of leaves) Gradually tapering into a petiole-like extension toward the base.
What does "attenuate" mean?
- verb To make something smaller, weaker or less in amount.
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verb To make something thinner, for example by shaping, starving or decay.
"Lovell, wan and hollow-eyed, his arm in a sling, his once burly frame gaunt and attenuated with disease, nodded."
- verb To grow thinner or become less.
- verb To make a bacterium or virus less able to cause disease.
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attenuate in a sentence
- Lovell, wan and hollow-eyed, his arm in a sling, his once burly frame gaunt and attenuated with disease, nodded.
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What is "attenuate" in Finnish?
"attenuate" in Finnish is suippotyvinen. attenuate means: To make something smaller, weaker or less in amount.
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