rallentare — meaning in English
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English meaning
- damp adj Slightly wet; not dry but not soaking either.
- slow adj Moving, acting, or happening at a low speed; not fast.
- smother verb To cover something so completely that it cannot get air, cutting off its breathing or, for a fire, its oxygen.
- throttle noun A valve or lever that controls how much fuel or air reaches an engine, and therefore its speed.
Senses
rallentare is used for these senses in English:
- damp (transitive, archaic) To put out, as fire; to weaken, restrain, or make dull.
- hold up (intransitive, informal) To wait or delay.
- hold up (idiomatic) To withstand; to stand up to; to survive.
- slow (transitive) To make (something) run, move, etc. less quickly; to reduce the speed of.
- slow down (transitive) To reduce the velocity, speed, or tempo of something.
- smother (transitive) To reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity; suppress or do away with; extinguish
- throttle (transitive) To cut back on the speed of (an engine, person, organization, network connection, etc.).
- throttle (intransitive) To have the throat obstructed so as to be in danger of suffocation; to choke; to suffocate.
damp — full definition
- adj Slightly wet; not dry but not soaking either.
- noun Moisture in the air or on a surface; humidity.
- verb To make something slightly wet, or to weaken and reduce something such as a fire, sound, or feeling.
slow — full definition
- adj Moving, acting, or happening at a low speed; not fast.
- adj Not quick to understand or learn.
- verb To make something move or happen at a reduced speed.