minska — meaning in English
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English meaning
- abate verb To become less strong or severe; to die down.
- attenuate verb To reduce in size, force, value, amount, or degree.
- 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 remove the outer covering or skin of something with a cutting device, typically 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
- verb To become less strong or severe; to die down.
- verb (law) To cancel or bring a legal matter to an end.
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.