vermindern — 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.
• degrade verb To lower someone's dignity or status; to humiliate.
• ease noun The quality of being simple or effortless.
• reduce verb To make something smaller in size, amount, or intensity.

Senses

vermindern is used for these senses in English:

• abate To reduce (something) in amount or size. [from 14th c.]
• abate To lessen (something) in force or intensity; to moderate. [from 14th c.]
• degrade (intransitive, ergative) To reduce in quality or purity.
• dial down (idiomatic, transitive) To reduce or diminish in effect or intensity.
• ease (intransitive) To lessen in intensity.
• reduce (transitive) To bring down the size, quantity, quality, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower.
• turn down (idiomatic) To reduce the power, etc. of something by means of a control, such as the volume, heat, or light.

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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