умерить — meaning in English

English meaning

• check noun An inspection to make sure something is correct, safe, or working.
• lessen verb To make something smaller in size, degree, or intensity; to reduce it.
• temper noun A person's tendency to become angry, or a fit of anger itself.

Senses

умерить is used for these senses in English:

• check (transitive) To control, limit, or halt.
• lessen (transitive) To make less; to diminish; to reduce.
• temper (archaic) To mingle in due proportion; to prepare by combining; to modify, as by adding some new element; to qualify, as by an ingredient; hence, to soften; to mollify; to assuage.

check — full definition

1. noun An inspection to make sure something is correct, safe, or working.
2. noun A written order instructing a bank to pay a stated sum (spelled "cheque" in British English).
3. noun The bill for a meal, especially in a restaurant.
4. noun In chess, a position where the king is under direct threat of capture.
5. verb To examine or verify something.

lessen — full definition

1. verb To make something smaller in size, degree, or intensity; to reduce it.
2. verb To become smaller or weaker.

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