pienentää — meaning in English

English meaning

• abate verb To become less strong or severe; to die down.
• close verb To shut something, removing a gap or opening.
• decrease verb To become smaller in amount, size, or degree; or to cause something to become smaller.
• diminish verb To make something smaller, weaker, or less important.
• diminutive adjective Very small in size.
• minimize verb To reduce something to the smallest possible amount or size.
• reduce verb To make something smaller in size, amount, or intensity.
• scale noun The size, extent, or proportion of something, especially compared to something else.
• zoom verb To move very quickly, often with a humming or rushing sound.

Senses

pienentää is used for these senses in English:

• abate To reduce (something) in amount or size. [from 14th c.]
• close (intransitive) To finish; to come to an end.
• decrease (transitive) To make (a quantity) smaller.
• diminish (transitive) To lessen the authority or dignity of; to put down; to degrade; to abase; to weaken; to nerf (in gaming).
• diminutive (obsolete) Serving to diminish.
• downsize (intransitive) To reduce in size or number.
• minimize (computing, transitive, graphical user interface) To remove (a window) from the main display area, collapsing it to an icon or caption.
• reduce (transitive) To bring down the size, quantity, quality, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower.

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.

close — full definition

1. verb To shut something, removing a gap or opening.
2. verb To bring something to an end.
3. verb To stop operating, whether for the day or permanently.
4. adj Near in distance, time, or relationship.
5. adj Almost even or evenly matched.

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