minska — meaning in English

English meaning

• abate verb To become less strong or severe; to die down.
• attenuate verb To make something smaller, weaker or less in amount.
• decrease verb To become smaller in amount, size, or degree; or to cause something to become smaller.
• diminish verb To make something smaller, weaker, or less important.
• dwindle verb To become steadily smaller, fewer or weaker over time.
• lessen verb To make something smaller in size, degree, or intensity; to reduce it.
• lower verb To move something down, or reduce its height, amount, or intensity.
• pare verb To cut away the outer skin or covering of something, usually with a knife.
• taper verb To become gradually narrower toward one end.

Senses

minska is used for these senses in English:

• abate To lessen (something) in force or intensity; to moderate. [from 14th c.]
• abate Chiefly followed by of: to deprive (someone or something of another thing). [15th–19th c.]
• abate To reduce (something) in amount or size. [from 14th c.]
• decrease (intransitive) Of a quantity, to become smaller.
• decrease (transitive) To make (a quantity) smaller.
• dial down (idiomatic, transitive) To reduce or diminish in effect or intensity.
• diminish (transitive) To lessen the authority or dignity of; to put down; to degrade; to abase; to weaken; to nerf (in gaming).
• dwindle (intransitive) To decrease, shrink, diminish, reduce in size or intensity.

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.

attenuate — full definition

1. verb To make something smaller, weaker or less in amount.
2. verb To make something thinner, for example by shaping, starving or decay.
3. verb To grow thinner or become less.
4. verb To make a bacterium or virus less able to cause disease.

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