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heiketä — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • abate verb To become less strong or severe; to die down.
  • decay verb To rot or gradually break down, especially of organic matter.
  • decline verb To become weaker, smaller, or worse over time.
  • deteriorate verb To get worse in quality or condition.
  • fade verb To gradually lose colour, brightness, strength, or intensity.
  • weaken verb To make something less strong.

Senses

heiketä is used for these senses in English:

  • abate To decrease in force or intensity; to subside. [from 14th c.]
  • decay (intransitive) To deteriorate, to get worse, to lose strength or health, to decline in quality.
  • decline (intransitive) To become weaker or worse.
  • deteriorate (intransitive) To grow worse; to be impaired in quality; to degenerate.
  • fade (intransitive) To grow weak; to lose strength; to decay; to perish gradually; to wither, as a plant.
  • fade away To lose strength, become weaker; to wane; to disappear or reduce slowly.
  • weaken (intransitive) To become weaker or less strong.

abate — full definition

  1. verb To become less strong or severe; to die down.
  2. verb (law) To cancel or bring a legal matter to an end.

decay — full definition

  1. verb To rot or gradually break down, especially of organic matter.
  2. verb To decline gradually in quality, strength, or condition.
  3. noun The process or result of rotting or gradual deterioration.
  4. noun In physics, the process by which an unstable atomic nucleus or particle breaks down over time.

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