hillitä — meaning in English

English meaning

• abate verb To become less strong or severe; to die down.
• arrest verb To take someone into custody under legal authority, typically on suspicion of a crime.
• bate verb To make something weaker or less strong.
• check noun An inspection to make sure something is correct, safe, or working.
• chill noun An uncomfortable feeling of coldness.
• contain verb To hold something inside, or to have something as one of its parts.
• curb noun The raised edge of a sidewalk or pavement bordering a street.
• restrain verb To hold back or keep someone or something under control.
• retain verb To keep possession of something instead of losing or giving it up.
• temper noun A person's tendency to become angry, or a fit of anger itself.

Senses

hillitä is used for these senses in English:

• abate Chiefly followed by of: to deprive (someone or something of another thing). [15th–19th c.]
• arrest (transitive) To stop or slow (a process, course etc.). [from 14th c.]
• bate (transitive) To reduce the force of something; to abate.
• check (transitive) To control, limit, or halt.
• check To act as a curb or restraint.
• chill (transitive, figurative) To discourage, depress.
• contain (transitive) To hold inside.
• contain (transitive) To put constraints upon; to restrain; to confine; to keep within bounds.

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.

arrest — full definition

1. verb To take someone into custody under legal authority, typically on suspicion of a crime.
2. verb To stop or slow down a process or movement.
3. noun The act of taking someone into legal custody.

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