verkleinern — meaning in English
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English meaning
- abate verb To become less strong or severe; to die down.
- attenuate verb To make something smaller, weaker or less in amount.
- condense verb To make something shorter or more compact by removing unnecessary parts.
- deflate verb To let air or gas out of something.
- diminish verb To make something smaller, weaker, or less important.
- less adj Smaller in amount, degree, or quantity; not as much.
- minify verb To make something smaller.
Senses
verkleinern is used for these senses in English:
- abate To reduce (something) in amount or size. [from 14th c.]
- condense (transitive) To concentrate toward the essence by making more close, compact, or dense, thereby decreasing size or volume.
- deflate (transitive) To cause an object to decrease or become smaller in some parameter, e.g. to shrink
- diminish (transitive) To lessen the authority or dignity of; to put down; to degrade; to abase; to weaken; to nerf (in gaming).
- less (archaic) To make less; to lessen.
- minify To make smaller.
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.
attenuate — full definition
- verb To make something smaller, weaker or less in amount.
- verb To make something thinner, for example by shaping, starving or decay.
- verb To grow thinner or become less.
- verb To make a bacterium or virus less able to cause disease.
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