ослаблять — meaning in English
oslablyat
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English meaning
- attenuate verb To reduce in size, force, value, amount, or degree.
- debilitate verb To make feeble; to weaken.
- ease noun The quality of being simple or effortless.
- impair verb To weaken; to affect negatively; to have a diminishing effect on.
- loose adj Not firmly attached, fixed, or fitting tightly.
- loosen verb To make something less tight, or to become less tight.
- relax verb To rest and become free of tension, stress, or worry.
- slacken verb To gradually decrease in intensity or tautness; to become slack; to lag.
- unnerve verb To deprive of nerve, force, or strength; to weaken; to enfeeble. Compare enervate.
- weaken verb To make something less strong.
Senses
ослаблять is used for these senses in English:
- attenuate (transitive) To weaken.
- debilitate (transitive) To make feeble; to weaken.
- ease (nautical, transitive) To loosen or slacken the tension on a line.
- enfeeble (transitive) To make feeble.
- impair (transitive) To weaken; to affect negatively; to have a diminishing effect on.
- loose (transitive) To unfasten, to loosen.
- loose (transitive) To make less tight, to loosen.
- loosen (transitive) To make loose.
attenuate — full definition
- verb To reduce in size, force, value, amount, or degree.
- verb To make thinner, as by physically reshaping, starving, or decaying.
- verb To become thin or fine; to grow less.
- verb To reduce the virulence of a bacterium or virus.