уменьшать — meaning in English
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English meaning
- abate verb To become less strong or severe; to die down.
- abridge verb To deprive; to cut off.
- alleviate verb To make pain, suffering, or a problem less severe.
- assuage verb To make an unpleasant feeling, such as fear, guilt, or grief, less intense.
- bate verb To reduce the force of something; to abate.
- decrease verb To become smaller in amount, size, or degree; or to cause something to become smaller.
- detract verb To take away; to withdraw or remove.
- diminish verb To make something smaller, weaker, or less important.
- dwarf noun A person, animal, or plant much smaller than typical for its kind.
- ease noun The quality of being simple or effortless.
- lessen verb To make something smaller in size, degree, or intensity; to reduce it.
- mitigate verb To make something less severe, harmful, or serious.
- reduce verb To make something smaller in size, amount, or intensity.
- shrink verb To become or make smaller.
- whittle verb To shape a piece of wood by slicing off small slivers with a knife.
Senses
уменьшать is used for these senses in English:
- abridge (transitive, archaic) To deprive; to cut off. [First attested around 1150–1350]
- abridge (transitive) To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense. [First attested in 1384] [First attested around 1350–1470]
- alleviate (transitive) To reduce or lessen the severity of a pain or difficulty.
- assuage (transitive) To lessen the intensity of, to mitigate or relieve (hunger, emotion, pain, etc.).
- bate (transitive) To reduce the force of something; to abate.
- cut down (idiomatic) To reduce the amount of something.
- decrease (transitive) To make (a quantity) smaller.
- detract (intransitive) To take away; to withdraw or remove.
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.
abridge — full definition
- verb To deprive; to cut off.
- verb To debar from.
- verb To make shorter; to shorten in duration or extent.
- verb To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense.