hellittää — meaning in English

English meaning

• abate verb To become less strong or severe; to die down.
• break verb To separate something into pieces by force, often suddenly.
• remit verb To send money, especially as a payment.
• slacken verb To gradually decrease in intensity or tautness; to become slack; to lag.

Senses

hellittää is used for these senses in English:

• abate To decrease in force or intensity; to subside. [from 14th c.]
• break (intransitive, of a, _, spell of settled, _, weather) To end.
• break (specifically, in, _, programming) To cause (some feature of a program or piece of software) to stop functioning properly; to cause a regression.
• ease up (informal, intransitive) To become more relaxed or less demanding.
• ease up (informal, intransitive) To reduce one's speed.
• remit (transitive) To allow (something) to slacken, to relax (one's attention etc.).
• slacken (intransitive) To gradually decrease in intensity or tautness; to become slack; to lag.
• slacken (transitive) To make slack, less taut, or less intense.

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.

break — full definition

1. verb To separate something into pieces by force, often suddenly.
2. verb To stop working properly; to malfunction.
3. verb To fail to keep (a promise, rule, or law).
4. verb To interrupt or bring an end to something continuous.
5. noun A short pause or rest from an activity.

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