przykryć — meaning in English
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English meaning
- palliate verb To relieve the symptoms of; to ameliorate.
Senses
przykryć is used for these senses in English:
- gloss over (transitive, idiomatic) To cover up a mistake or a crime; to hush up or whitewash.
- palliate To cover or disguise the seriousness of (a mistake, offence etc.) by excuses and apologies. [from 17th c.]
- paper over (transitive, figurative) To superficially hide or disguise (a problem or a defect) without addressing it; to provide a veneer of normality or success.
palliate — full definition
- verb To relieve the symptoms of; to ameliorate.
- verb To hide or disguise.
- verb To cover or disguise the seriousness of (a mistake, offence etc.) by excuses and apologies.
- verb To lessen the severity of; to extenuate, moderate, qualify.