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ridursi — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • abate verb To become less strong or severe; to die down.
  • crumble verb To break apart into small pieces or fall to ruin.
  • subside verb To become calmer, weaker, or less intense over time.

Senses

ridursi is used for these senses in English:

  • abate To decrease in force or intensity; to subside. [from 14th c.]
  • abate To lower in price or value; (law) specifically, of a bequest in a will: to lower in value because the testator's estate is insufficient to satisfy all the bequests in full. [from early 18th c.]
  • abate To decrease in amount or size. [from mid 16th c.]
  • crumble (intransitive, often, figurative) To fall apart; to disintegrate.
  • peter out (intransitive, originally, US) Synonym of peter (“to diminish to nothing, (originally) to refer to a vein of ore”).
  • subside (intransitive) To sink or fall to the bottom; to settle, as lees.

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.

crumble — full definition

  1. verb To break apart into small pieces or fall to ruin.
  2. noun A British dessert of stewed fruit topped with a crumbly mix of flour, butter, and sugar.

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