pehmentää — meaning in English

English meaning

• cushion noun A soft fabric pad used for comfort when sitting or leaning.
• liquidate verb To convert assets into cash, often to pay off debts.
• poach verb To cook something gently in barely simmering liquid, usually water.
• soften verb To make something soft or softer, or to become soft.
• sugar noun A sweet crystalline substance, usually made from sugar cane or sugar beet, used to sweeten food and drink.

Senses

pehmentää is used for these senses in English:

• cushion (figurative) To absorb or deaden the impact of.
• liquidate To make (a sound) less harsh.
• poach To make soft or muddy by trampling.
• soften (transitive) To make something soft or softer.
• sugar (transitive) To make (something unpleasant) seem less so.

cushion — full definition

1. noun A soft fabric pad used for comfort when sitting or leaning.
2. noun Something that softens or absorbs an impact, whether physical or financial.
3. verb To soften the effect of an impact or a difficult situation.

liquidate — full definition

1. verb To convert assets into cash, often to pay off debts.
2. verb To close down a business by settling its debts and distributing any remaining assets.
3. verb To kill someone, especially for political reasons; to eliminate.

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