vermindern — 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.
- 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
- 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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