abschwächen — meaning in English
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English meaning
- abate verb To become less strong or severe; to die down.
- alleviate verb To make pain, suffering, or a problem less severe.
- assuage verb To make an unpleasant feeling, such as fear, guilt, or grief, less intense.
- attenuate verb To reduce in size, force, value, amount, or degree.
- avoid verb To keep away from someone or something, especially something unwanted or harmful.
- dilute verb To make a liquid weaker or thinner by adding water or another solvent.
- diminish verb To make something smaller, weaker, or less important.
- mince noun Meat that has been finely chopped or ground.
- mitigate verb To make something less severe, harmful, or serious.
- slake verb To satisfy (thirst, or other desires).
- tamp verb To plug up with clay, earth, dry sand, sod, or other material, as a hole bored in a rock.
- weaken verb To make something less strong.
Senses
abschwächen is used for these senses in English:
- abate To lessen (something) in force or intensity; to moderate. [from 14th c.]
- alleviate (transitive) To reduce or lessen the severity of a pain or difficulty.
- assuage (transitive) To lessen the intensity of, to mitigate or relieve (hunger, emotion, pain, etc.).
- attenuate (transitive) To weaken.
- avoid (transitive, legal) To defeat or evade; to invalidate.
- dilute (transitive) To make thinner by adding solvent to a solution, especially by adding water.
- dilute (intransitive) To become attenuated, thin, or weak.
- diminish (transitive) To lessen the authority or dignity of; to put down; to degrade; to abase; to weaken; to nerf (in gaming).
abate — full definition
- verb To become less strong or severe; to die down.
- verb (law) To cancel or bring a legal matter to an end.