alentaa — meaning in English
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English meaning
- abase verb To lower someone's position, rank or status in a way that hurts their feelings.
- abate verb To become less strong or severe; to die down.
- break verb To separate something into pieces by force, often suddenly.
- degrade verb To lower someone's dignity or status; to humiliate.
- demean verb To lower someone's dignity or make them seem less worthy of respect.
- demote verb To move someone down to a lower rank or position.
- depreciate verb To lower the price or value of something.
- depress verb To make someone feel sad, low, or hopeless.
- dock noun A structure at a harbor where ships load, unload, or are repaired.
- lower verb To move something down, or reduce its height, amount, or intensity.
- reduce verb To make something smaller in size, amount, or intensity.
- relegate verb To banish, exile, or otherwise force away.
Senses
alentaa is used for these senses in English:
- abase (transitive) To lower, as in condition in life, office, rank, etc., so as to cause pain or hurt feelings; to degrade, to depress, to humble, to humiliate. [from c. 1350–1470]
- abase (transitive, archaic) To lower physically; to depress; to cast or throw down; to stoop. [from c. 1350–1470]
- abate To bring down (someone) mentally or physically; to lower (someone) in status. [14th–17th c.]
- abate To reduce (something) in amount or size. [from 14th c.]
- back off (idiomatic) To lower the setting of.
- break (transitive, military, most often in the, _, passive tense) To demote; to reduce the military rank of.
- degrade (transitive) To lower in value or social position.
- degrade (intransitive, ergative) To reduce in quality or purity.
abase — full definition
- verb To lower someone's position, rank or status in a way that hurts their feelings.
- verb To physically push or bring something down, or to bend low.
- verb To reduce the value of something, especially by changing the metal content of coins.
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.
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