verkleinern — meaning in English

English meaning

• abate verb To become less strong or severe; to die down.
• attenuate verb To reduce in size, force, value, amount, or degree.
• 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 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

1. verb To become less strong or severe; to die down.
2. verb (law) To cancel or bring a legal matter to an end.

attenuate — full definition

1. verb To reduce in size, force, value, amount, or degree.
2. verb To make thinner, as by physically reshaping, starving, or decaying.
3. verb To become thin or fine; to grow less.
4. verb To reduce the virulence of a bacterium or virus.

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