hiljentää — meaning in English
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English meaning
- appease verb To calm someone down or make them less angry, especially by giving them what they want.
- muffle noun Something that softens or blocks out sound.
- mute adj Unable or unwilling to speak; silent.
- quiet adj Making little or no sound.
- quieten verb To make quiet, or to become quiet.
- silence noun Complete absence of sound.
Senses
hiljentää is used for these senses in English:
- appease To make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to dispel (anger or hatred).
- back off (idiomatic) To lower the setting of.
- choke off (idiomatic, transitive) To stop (someone or something) in the execution of a purpose or task; to stop (someone) from doing something.
- ease up (informal, intransitive) To reduce one's speed.
- muffle (transitive, dated) To prevent seeing, or hearing, or speaking, by wraps bound about the head; to blindfold; to deafen.
- mute (transitive) To silence, to make quiet.
- mute (transitive) To turn off the sound of.
- quiet (transitive) To cause (someone or something) to become quiet.
muffle — full definition
- noun Something that softens or blocks out sound.
- noun A warm covering worn over the hands.
- noun A padded glove worn for boxing.
- noun A furnace, often powered by electricity, that heats without direct flame.
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