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verb
- (transitive) To make less harsh.
- (Slavic phonology) To palatalize.
- (transitive) To make something soft or softer.
- (intransitive) To become soft or softer.
- (transitive) To undermine the morale of someone (often soften up).
- (ambitransitive, phonology) To become or make (a consonant) more lenis, to lenite.
- make soft or softer
- protect from impact
- make (images or sounds) soft or softer
- become soft or softer
- give in, as to influence or pressure
- lessen in force or effect
- make less severe or harsh
verb
- (transitive) To make something less severe or tense.
- (intransitive, of codes and regulations) To become more lenient.
- (intransitive) To rest and become relieved of stress.
- (transitive) To make something loose.
- (transitive) To make something (such as codes and regulations) more lenient.
- (intransitive) To become less severe or tense.
- (transitive) To relieve (someone or someone's mind) of stress; to enable to rest; to calm down.
- (intransitive) To become loose.
- become loose or looser or less tight
- make less severe or strict
- become less tense, less formal, or less restrained, and assume a friendlier manner
- make less taut
- become less severe or strict
- make less active or fast
- cause to feel relaxed
- become less tense, rest, or take one's ease
verb
- (transitive) To make less acute or perceptive.
- (transitive) To make obscure.
- (intransitive) To become foggy or gloomy, or obscured from sight.
- Of the breath, to become cloud; to turn into mist.
- (transitive) To mark with, or darken in, veins or sports; to variegate with colors.
- (transitive) To blacken; to sully; to stain; to tarnish (reputation or character).
- (intransitive) To become marked, darkened or variegated in this way.
- (transitive) To overspread or hide with a cloud or clouds.
- (transitive) To make gloomy or sullen.
- make less clear
- place under suspicion or cast doubt upon
- make overcast or cloudy
- billow up in the form of a cloud
- make gloomy or depressed
- colour with streaks or blotches of different shades
- make milky or dull
- make less visible or unclear
noun
- A group or swarm, especially suspended above the ground or flying.
- (cloud computing, with "the") The Internet, regarded as an abstract amorphous omnipresent space for processing and storage, the focus of cloud computing.
- (figurative) Anything unsubstantial.
- A visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air.
- (telecommunications) A telecom network (from their representation in engineering drawings).
- (slang) Crystal methamphetamine.
- (figuratively) A negative or foreboding aspect of something positive: see every cloud has a silver lining or every silver lining has a cloud.
- Anything which makes things foggy or gloomy.
- Any mass of dust, steam or smoke resembling such a mass.
- A large, loosely-knitted headscarf worn by women.
- (Internet slang, humorous, endearing) A white cat.
- An elliptical shape or symbol whose outline is a series of semicircles, supposed to resemble a cloud.
- A dark spot on a lighter material or background.
- a visible mass of water or ice particles suspended at a considerable altitude
- a group of many things in the air or on the ground
- a cause of worry or gloom or trouble
- any collection of particles (e.g., smoke or dust) or gases that is visible
- suspicion affecting your reputation
- out of touch with reality
verb
- (transitive) To render less lively; to diminish; to muffle.
- (transitive) To make soundproof.
- (intransitive) To become less lively; to diminish (by itself).
- lessen the momentum or velocity of
- convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil
- become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigor
- make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible
- make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation
- make vapid or deprive of spirit
- cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients
verb
- (transitive) To make slack, less taut, or less intense.
- (intransitive) To gradually decrease in intensity or tautness; to become slack; to lag.
- To deprive of cohesion by combining chemically with water; to slake.
- become slow or slower
- become looser or slack
- make slack as by lessening tension or firmness
- make less active or fast
verb
- (transitive) To lessen; to dull; to make less intense (said of emotions and non-physical things).
- (transitive) To make damp or moist; to make moderately wet.
- (transitive, proscribed) To suppress vibrations (mechanical) or oscillations (electrical) by converting energy to heat (or some other form of energy).
- (intransitive) To become damped or deadened.
- (intransitive) To become damp or moist.
- check; keep in check (a fire)
- reduce the amplitude (of oscillations or waves)
- suppress or constrain so as to lessen in intensity
- make moist
- deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
- make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible
- lessen in force or effect
verb
adj
- (slang, MLE) Good; alright; cool; OK.
- (of a person) Peaceful, quiet, especially free from anger and anxiety.
- (of weather) Without wind or storm.
- (of a place or situation) Free of noise and disturbance.
- (of water) with few or no waves on the surface; not rippled.
- not agitated; without losing self-possession
- (of weather) free from storm or wind
noun
- (in a place or situation) The state of being calm; absence of noise and disturbance.
- (meteorology) The absence of wind; a period of time without wind.
- (in a person) The state of being calm; peacefulness; absence of worry, anger, fear or other strong negative emotion.
- steadiness of mind under stress
- wind moving at less than 1 knot; 0 on the Beaufort scale
verb
- (transitive, figuratively) To make less intense, e.g. less amicable or passionate.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To become less intense, e.g. less amicable or passionate.
- (intransitive, African-American Vernacular, slang) To relax, hang out.
- (transitive, literally) To make cooler, less warm.
- (intransitive, literally) To lose heat, to get colder.
- make cool or cooler
- loose heat
- lose intensity
adj
- (informal, of a person) Knowing what to do and how to behave; behaving with effortless and enviable style and panache; considered popular by others.
- (informal, originally African-American Vernacular) Fashionable; trendy; hip.
- (of a person) Not showing emotion; calm and in control of oneself.
- (informal) Very interesting or exciting.
- (informal) Followed by with: able to tolerate.
- Unenthusiastic; lukewarm; skeptical.
- (informal) Of a pair of people, Having good relations.
- Of a color, in the range of violet to green.
- (informal) All right; acceptable; good.
- Allowing or suggesting heat relief.
- Of a mildly low temperature.
- Applied facetiously to a sum of money, commonly as if to give emphasis to the largeness of the amount.
- fashionable and attractive at the time; often skilled or socially adept
- being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition
- neither warm nor very cold; giving relief from heat
- psychologically cool and unenthusiastic; unfriendly or unresponsive or showing dislike
- marked by calm self-control (especially in trying circumstances); unemotional
- used of a quantity or amount (especially of money) for emphasis
- inducing the impression of coolness; used especially of greens and blues and violets when referring to color
noun
verb
- (transitive) To reduce the excessiveness of (something).
- (intransitive) To become less excessive.
- (transitive) To preside over (something) as a moderator.
- (transitive, physics) To supply with a moderator (substance that decreases the speed of neutrons in a nuclear reactor and hence increases likelihood of fission).
- (intransitive) To act as a moderator; to assist in bringing to compromise.
- make less fast or intense
- make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else
- preside over
- make less strong or intense; soften
- lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits
- make less severe or harsh
adj
- Mediocre
- Not violent or rigorous; temperate; mild; gentle.
- (pathology) more than mild, less than severe
- Average priced; standard-deal
- (US, politics) Having an intermediate position between liberal and conservative.
- Not excessive; acting in moderation
- being within reasonable or average limits; not excessive or extreme
- marked by avoidance of extravagance or extremes
- not extreme
noun
- (Christianity, historical) One of a party in Scottish Church history dominant in the 18th century, lax in doctrine and discipline, but intolerant of evangelicalism and popular rights. It caused the secessions of 1733 and 1761, and its final resultant was the Disruption of 1843.
- One who holds an intermediate position between extremes, as in politics.
- a person who takes a position in the political center
verb
- (transitive) To lessen; to diminish; to diminish in speaking; to speak of lightly or slightingly; to minimise.
- (transitive) To make less; to make small.
- (intransitive) To walk with short steps; to walk in a prim, affected manner.
- (intransitive) To act or talk with affected nicety; to affect delicacy in manner.
- To say or utter vaguely (not directly or frankly).
- (transitive, rare) To effect mincingly.
- (transitive, cooking) To cut into very small pieces; to chop finely.
- (transitive) To affect; to pronounce affectedly or with an accent.
- walk daintily
- cut into small pieces
- make less severe or harsh
noun
- (countable, Cockney rhyming slang, chiefly in the plural) An eye (from mince pie).
- (countable) An affected (often dainty or short and precise) gait.
- (uncountable) Finely chopped mixed fruit used in Christmas pies; mincemeat.
- (countable) An affected manner, especially of speaking; an affectation.
- (UK, slang, uncountable) Something worthless; rubbish.
- (uncountable) Finely chopped meat; minced meat.
- food chopped into small bits
verb
- (transitive) To make quiet.
- (transitive) To appease; to allay; to soothe.
- (transitive) To clear off soil and other materials overlying the bedrock.
- (intransitive) To become quiet.
- become quiet or still; fall silent
- cause to be quiet or not talk
- wash by removing particles
- run water over the ground to erode (soil), revealing the underlying strata and valuable minerals
- become quiet or quieter
noun
verb
- (transitive) To make (something unpleasant) seem less so.
- To remove hair using a paste of sugar, water, and lemon juice.
- (US, Canada, regional) In making maple sugar, to complete the process of boiling down the syrup till it is thick enough to crystallize; to approach or reach the state of granulation; with the preposition off.
- (transitive) To add sugar to; to sweeten with sugar.
- (programming, transitive) To rewrite (source code) using syntactic sugar.
- (transitive) To compliment (a person).
- (entomology) To apply sugar to trees or plants in order to catch moths.
- sweeten with sugar
intj
noun
- (US, slang, uncountable) Heroin.
- (programming) Syntactic sugar.
- (chiefly southern US, slang, uncountable) Effeminacy in a male, often implying homosexuality.
- (countable) A small serving of this substance (typically about one teaspoon), used to sweeten a drink.
- (countable, chemistry) Any of various small carbohydrates that are used by organisms to store energy.
- (uncountable) Sucrose in the form of small crystals, obtained from sugar cane or sugar beet and used to sweeten food and drink.
- (countable) A term of endearment.
- Compliment or flattery used to disguise or render acceptable something obnoxious; honeyed or soothing words.
- (countable) A specific variety of sugar.
- (uncountable, slang) Affection shown by kisses or kissing.
- (uncountable, informal) Diabetes.
- informal terms for money
- an essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals; includes simple sugars with small molecules as well as macromolecular substances; are classified according to the number of monosaccharide groups they contain
- a white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener and preservative
verb
adj
noun
- (slang, uncountable) The drug dextromethorphan.
- (slang, uncountable) Money acquired by gambling.
- (rare, countable) A female chinchilla; a sow.
- A closely woven fabric (originally of silk, now also of cotton or man-made fibres) with a thick short pile on one side.
- Very fine fur, including the skin and fur on a deer's antlers.
- a silky densely piled fabric with a plain back
verb
- (transitive, by extension) To make something, such as a dramatic work, more acceptable by removing potentially offensive material.
- (transitive) To revise (a document) in order to prevent identification of the sources.
- (transitive) To rid of microorganisms by cleaning or disinfecting.
- (transitive, computing) To filter (text) to ensure it does not contain any characters that will cause problems for or be interpreted in an adverse way by the receiving system.
- (transitive, computing) To remove sensitive or personal data from (a database or file).
- make sanitary by cleaning or sterilizing
- make less offensive or more acceptable by removing objectionable features
verb
- (transitive) To make nice or subtle.
- (transitive) To purify; reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; to free from impurities.
- (intransitive) To become pure; to be cleared of impure matter.
- (ambitransitive) To improve in accuracy, delicacy, or excellence.
- (transitive) To purify of coarseness, vulgarity, inelegance, etc.; to polish.
- make more complex, intricate, or richer
- improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
- reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities
- treat or prepare so as to put in a usable condition
- make more precise or increase the discriminatory powers of
- attenuate or reduce in vigor, strength, or intensity by polishing or purifying
verb
- (transitive) To make something seem less important than it really is.
- (transitive, card games) To play a low card when holding a high one, in the hope of a future advantage.
- (transitive) To play in a subordinate, or in an inferior manner; to underact a part.
- play a card lower than (a held high card)
- act (a role) with great restraint
noun
verb
- (transitive) To curtail.
- (transitive) To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense.
- (transitive) To make shorter; to shorten in duration or extent.
- (transitive) Cut short; truncate.
- reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
- lessen, diminish, or curtail
verb
adj
- Emotionally unable to feel or respond in a normal way.
- (Maine) Dumb or stupid.
- Physically unable to feel, not having the power of sensation.
- lacking sensation
- (followed by ‘to’) not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive
- so frightened as to be unable to move; stunned or paralyzed with terror; petrified
verb
- (transitive) To make appear insignificant.
- (intransitive) To become (much) smaller.
- To hinder from growing to the natural size; to make or keep small; to stunt.
- (transitive) To make appear (much) smaller, puny, tiny; to be much larger than.
- (transitive) To render (much) smaller, turn into a dwarf (version).
- make appear small by comparison
- check the growth of
adj
noun
- (mythology) Any member of a race of beings from (especially Scandinavian and other Germanic) folklore, usually depicted as having some sort of supernatural powers and being skilled in crafting and metalworking, often as short with long beards, and sometimes as clashing with elves.
- (astronomy) A dwarf star.
- An animal, plant or other thing much smaller than the usual of its sort.
- (now sometimes offensive) A person of short stature, often one whose limbs are disproportionately small in relation to the body as compared with typical adults, usually as the result of a genetic condition.
- a plant or animal that is atypically small
- a person who is markedly small
- a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure
verb
noun
verb
- (transitive) To make (someone) be quiet.
- (transitive) To block with a cork or something similar.
- (transitive) To enclose in a bottle sealed with a cork.
- (transitive, intransitive, baseball) To put cork in a baseball bat; to use a baseball bat with cork in it.
- (usually imperative, slang, intransitive) Shut up; be quiet.
- (transitive, figurative) To suppress an emotion or impulse.
- close a bottle with a cork
verb
- (transitive) To like gradually less.
- (intransitive, figurative) To explode metaphorically; to become very angry or overexcited.
- (intransitive, chiefly UK, of epoxy resins) To cure; to set.
- (intransitive) To fire, especially accidentally.
- (intransitive, LGBTQ slang) To perform extremely well; to be impressive or attractive; often used to express encouragement.
- (intransitive, slang) To rant; to talk at length negatively; to insult or criticize.
- (intransitive) To pass off; to take place; to be accomplished; to happen.
- (intransitive, UK, Australia, Canada) To putrefy or become inedible, or to become unusable in any way.
- (intransitive) To depart; to leave.
- (intransitive) To begin clanging or making noise.
- (intransitive, slang) To fall unconscious; to go to sleep; to die.
- (slang) To ejaculate; to orgasm.
- (intransitive) To stop operating; to switch off.
- (intransitive) To explode.
- (intransitive, slang) To fight or attack.
- (transitive) To follow or extrapolate from something; to judge by.
- stop running, functioning, or operating
- be discharged or activated
- burst inward
- run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along
- go off or discharge
- happen in a particular manner
verb
adj
noun
verb
- (transitive) To diminish or lessen something
- (transitive) To cut a rebate (or rabbet) in something
- To beat to obtuseness; to deprive of keenness; to blunt; to turn back the point of, as a lance used for exercise.
- To abate; to withdraw.
- (transitive) To deduct or return an amount from a bill or payment
- (intransitive, falconry) Of a falcon: to return to the hand after bating; see bate².
- join with a rebate
- give a reduction in the price during a sale
- cut a rebate in (timber or stone)
noun
- A piece of wood hafted into a long stick, and serving to beat out mortar.
- The return of part of an amount already paid.
- A kind of hard freestone used in making pavements.
- An iron tool sharpened something like a chisel, and used for dressing and polishing wood.
- A rectangular groove made to hold two pieces (of wood etc) together; a rabbet.
- (photography) The edge of a roll of film, from which no image can be developed.
- A deduction from an amount that is paid; an abatement.
- a refund of some fraction of the amount paid
- a rectangular groove made to hold two pieces together
verb
- (transitive, informal) To adjust slightly; to fine-tune.
- (intransitive, slang, by extension) To be extremely confused; to have no clue what is happening.
- (transitive) To pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist; to twitch.
- (transitive) To tease, to annoy; to get under the skin of (someone, typically so as to irritate them, or by extension to enamor, frighten, etc).
- (intransitive, US, slang) To exhibit extreme nervousness, evasiveness when confronted by authorities, compulsiveness, erratic motion, excitability, etc, due to or mimicking the symptoms of methamphetamine abuse.
- (military, weaponry, uncommon) From a catapult, to strike a target with a missile.
- (intransitive, US, slang) To abuse methamphetamines, especially crystal meth.
- pull or pull out sharply
- pinch or squeeze sharply
- to be under the influence of methamphetamine
- adjust finely
noun
- A slight adjustment or modification.
- A sharp pinch or jerk; a twist or twitch.
- (cryptography) An additional input to a block cipher, used in conjunction with the key to select the permutation computed by the cipher.
- Trouble; distress; tweag.
- (slang) Methamphetamine.
- (slang) A single inhalation of cocaine.
- a squeeze with the fingers
verb
- (transitive, figurative) To put in a position that is not prominent.
- (journalism) To gather and provide background information (on).
- (transitive) To increase the weight and immunity of (a calf) by feeding with forage and grains, as an intermediate stage in cattle production, between weaning and placement in a feedlot.
- simple past and past participle of backgrind
- (transitive) To place in the background.
- understate the importance or quality of
adj
noun
- Information relevant to the current situation about past events; history.
- (film) An extra who appears in the background, with no speaking role.
- A less important feature of scenery (as opposed to foreground).
- A part of the picture that depicts scenery to the rear or behind the main subject; context.
- (physics) Ellipsis of background radiation.
- (computing) A type of activity on a computer that is not normally visible to the user.
- One's social heritage, or previous life; what one did in the past.
- (computing) The image or color over which a computer's desktop items are shown (e.g. icons or application windows).
- (computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear
- information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem
- extraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measured
- relatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situation
- scenery hung at back of stage
- a person's social heritage: previous experience or training
- the state of the environment in which a situation exists
- the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground
verb
- (transitive) To fix or set the tone of.
- To cover or smear with pitch.
- (transitive) To set or fix (a price or value).
- (brewing) To add yeast as a step while making beer
- (transitive) To assemble or erect (a tent). Also used figuratively.
- (with on or upon) To fix one's choice.
- (intransitive, Bristol, of snow) To settle and build up, without melting.
- (intransitive) To plunge or fall; especially, to fall forward; to decline or slope.
- (transitive) To set at an angle, especially a downwards one; to cause to tilt.
- (intransitive, baseball) To play baseball in the position of pitcher.
- (intransitive, cricket) To bounce on the playing surface.
- (transitive) To set, face, or pave (an embankment or roadway) with rubble or undressed stones.
- (transitive) To throw away; discard.
- (transitive, golf) To play a short, high, lofty shot that lands with backspin.
- To darken; to blacken; to obscure.
- (intransitive) To fix or place a tent or temporary habitation; to encamp.
- (transitive) To deliver in a certain tone or style, or with a certain audience in mind.
- (transitive or intransitive, baseball) To throw (the ball) toward a batter at home plate.
- (transitive) To promote, advertise, or attempt to sell.
- (intransitive) To produce a note of a given pitch.
- (transitive) To throw.
- (transitive, card games, slang) To discard (a card) for some gain.
- To attack, or position or assemble for attack.
- (ambitransitive, aviation or nautical) To move so that the front of an aircraft or boat goes alternately up and down.
- heel over
- set to a certain pitch
- sell or offer for sale from place to place
- move abruptly
- fall or plunge forward
- throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball
- be at an angle
- set the level or character of
- throw or toss with a light motion
- erect and fasten
- lead (a card) and establish the trump suit
- hit (a golf ball) in a high arc with a backspin
adj
noun
- (sports, UK, Australia, New Zealand) The field on which cricket, soccer, rugby, gridiron or field hockey is played. (In cricket, the pitch is in the centre of the field; see cricket pitch.) (Not often used in the US or Canada, where "field" is the preferred word.)
- An effort to sell or promote something.
- (geology) Pitchstone.
- The point where a declivity begins; hence, the declivity itself; a descending slope; the degree or rate of descent or slope; slant.
- The angle at which an object sits.
- (golf) A short, high, lofty shot that lands with backspin.
- An area on a campsite intended for occupation by a single tent, caravan or similar.
- A dark, extremely viscous material still remaining after distilling crude oil or natural tar.
- The distance between evenly spaced objects, e.g. the teeth of a saw or gear, the turns of a screw thread, the centres of holes, or letters in a monospace font.
- Prominence; importance.
- The height a bird reaches in flight, especially a bird of prey preparing to swoop down on its prey.
- (nautical, aviation) The degree to which a vehicle, especially a ship or aircraft, rotates on such an axis, tilting its bow or nose up or down.
- (music) In an a cappella group, the singer responsible for singing a note for the other members to tune themselves by.
- (by extension) The place where a busker performs, a prostitute solicits clients, or an illegal gambling game etc. is set up before the public.
- (cricket) That point of the ground on which the ball pitches or lights when bowled.
- (mining) The limit of ground set to a miner who receives a share of the ore taken out.
- (climbing) A section of a climb or rock face; specifically, the climbing distance between belays or stances.
- A throw; a toss; a cast, as of something from the hand.
- (now British, regional) A person's or animal's height.
- A descent; a fall; a thrusting down.
- (music, phonetics) The perceived frequency of a sound, note or electromagnetic wave.
- A point or peak; the extreme point of elevation or depression.
- (music) The standard to which a group of musical instruments are tuned or in which a piece is performed, usually by reference to the frequency to which the musical note A above middle C is tuned.
- (baseball) The act of pitching a baseball.
- A level or degree, or (by extension), a peak or highest degree.
- A sticky, gummy substance secreted by trees; sap.
- An area in a market (or similar) allocated to a particular trader.
- (aviation) A measure of the angle of attack of a propeller.
- (caving) A vertical cave passage, only negotiable by using rope or ladders.
- (rare) The field of battle.
- The most thrust-out point of a headland or cape.
- promotion by means of an argument and demonstration
- abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance)
- a sports field with predetermined dimensions for playing soccer
- the property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration
- a high approach shot in golf
- a vendor's position (especially on the sidewalk)
- any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue
- the act of throwing a baseball or softball by the pitcher towards home plate, which initiates play by giving the batter a chance to hit it
- an all-fours game in which the first card led is a trump
- degree of deviation from a horizontal plane
- the action or manner of throwing something
verb
- (transitive) To give lesser weight or importance to.
- (transitive, military, of a fortification) To render no longer defensible by full or partial demolition.
- (transitive) To treat (someone or something) with disdain or neglect, usually out of prejudice, hatred, or jealousy; to ignore disrespectfully; to skimp on one's duties toward.
- (transitive) To throw heedlessly.
- (transitive) To treat as unimportant or not worthy of attention; to make light of.
- (intransitive) To act negligently or carelessly.
- pay no attention to, disrespect
adj
- Of slender build.
- Gentle or weak, not aggressive or powerful.
- (regional) Even, smooth or level.
- Not thorough; superficial.
- Trifling; unimportant; insignificant.
- (especially said of the sea) Still; with little or no movement on the surface.
- being of delicate or slender build
- (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with ‘a’) at least some
- lacking substance or significance
noun
verb
- (transitive) To make less harsh.
- (Slavic phonology) To palatalize.
- (transitive) To make something soft or softer.
- (intransitive) To become soft or softer.
- (transitive) To undermine the morale of someone (often soften up).
- (ambitransitive, phonology) To become or make (a consonant) more lenis, to lenite.
- make soft or softer
- protect from impact
- make (images or sounds) soft or softer
- become soft or softer
- give in, as to influence or pressure
- lessen in force or effect
- make less severe or harsh
verb
- (transitive) To make something less severe or tense.
- (intransitive, of codes and regulations) To become more lenient.
- (intransitive) To rest and become relieved of stress.
- (transitive) To make something loose.
- (transitive) To make something (such as codes and regulations) more lenient.
- (intransitive) To become less severe or tense.
- (transitive) To relieve (someone or someone's mind) of stress; to enable to rest; to calm down.
- (intransitive) To become loose.
- become loose or looser or less tight
- make less severe or strict
- become less tense, less formal, or less restrained, and assume a friendlier manner
- make less taut
- become less severe or strict
- make less active or fast
- cause to feel relaxed
- become less tense, rest, or take one's ease
verb
- (transitive) To make less acute or perceptive.
- (transitive) To make obscure.
- (intransitive) To become foggy or gloomy, or obscured from sight.
- Of the breath, to become cloud; to turn into mist.
- (transitive) To mark with, or darken in, veins or sports; to variegate with colors.
- (transitive) To blacken; to sully; to stain; to tarnish (reputation or character).
- (intransitive) To become marked, darkened or variegated in this way.
- (transitive) To overspread or hide with a cloud or clouds.
- (transitive) To make gloomy or sullen.
- make less clear
- place under suspicion or cast doubt upon
- make overcast or cloudy
- billow up in the form of a cloud
- make gloomy or depressed
- colour with streaks or blotches of different shades
- make milky or dull
- make less visible or unclear
noun
- A group or swarm, especially suspended above the ground or flying.
- (cloud computing, with "the") The Internet, regarded as an abstract amorphous omnipresent space for processing and storage, the focus of cloud computing.
- (figurative) Anything unsubstantial.
- A visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air.
- (telecommunications) A telecom network (from their representation in engineering drawings).
- (slang) Crystal methamphetamine.
- (figuratively) A negative or foreboding aspect of something positive: see every cloud has a silver lining or every silver lining has a cloud.
- Anything which makes things foggy or gloomy.
- Any mass of dust, steam or smoke resembling such a mass.
- A large, loosely-knitted headscarf worn by women.
- (Internet slang, humorous, endearing) A white cat.
- An elliptical shape or symbol whose outline is a series of semicircles, supposed to resemble a cloud.
- A dark spot on a lighter material or background.
- a visible mass of water or ice particles suspended at a considerable altitude
- a group of many things in the air or on the ground
- a cause of worry or gloom or trouble
- any collection of particles (e.g., smoke or dust) or gases that is visible
- suspicion affecting your reputation
- out of touch with reality
verb
- (transitive) To render less lively; to diminish; to muffle.
- (transitive) To make soundproof.
- (intransitive) To become less lively; to diminish (by itself).
- lessen the momentum or velocity of
- convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil
- become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigor
- make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible
- make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation
- make vapid or deprive of spirit
- cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients
verb
- (transitive) To make slack, less taut, or less intense.
- (intransitive) To gradually decrease in intensity or tautness; to become slack; to lag.
- To deprive of cohesion by combining chemically with water; to slake.
- become slow or slower
- become looser or slack
- make slack as by lessening tension or firmness
- make less active or fast
verb
- (transitive) To lessen; to dull; to make less intense (said of emotions and non-physical things).
- (transitive) To make damp or moist; to make moderately wet.
- (transitive, proscribed) To suppress vibrations (mechanical) or oscillations (electrical) by converting energy to heat (or some other form of energy).
- (intransitive) To become damped or deadened.
- (intransitive) To become damp or moist.
- check; keep in check (a fire)
- reduce the amplitude (of oscillations or waves)
- suppress or constrain so as to lessen in intensity
- make moist
- deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
- make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible
- lessen in force or effect
verb
adj
- (slang, MLE) Good; alright; cool; OK.
- (of a person) Peaceful, quiet, especially free from anger and anxiety.
- (of weather) Without wind or storm.
- (of a place or situation) Free of noise and disturbance.
- (of water) with few or no waves on the surface; not rippled.
- not agitated; without losing self-possession
- (of weather) free from storm or wind
noun
- (in a place or situation) The state of being calm; absence of noise and disturbance.
- (meteorology) The absence of wind; a period of time without wind.
- (in a person) The state of being calm; peacefulness; absence of worry, anger, fear or other strong negative emotion.
- steadiness of mind under stress
- wind moving at less than 1 knot; 0 on the Beaufort scale
verb
- (transitive, figuratively) To make less intense, e.g. less amicable or passionate.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To become less intense, e.g. less amicable or passionate.
- (intransitive, African-American Vernacular, slang) To relax, hang out.
- (transitive, literally) To make cooler, less warm.
- (intransitive, literally) To lose heat, to get colder.
- make cool or cooler
- loose heat
- lose intensity
adj
- (informal, of a person) Knowing what to do and how to behave; behaving with effortless and enviable style and panache; considered popular by others.
- (informal, originally African-American Vernacular) Fashionable; trendy; hip.
- (of a person) Not showing emotion; calm and in control of oneself.
- (informal) Very interesting or exciting.
- (informal) Followed by with: able to tolerate.
- Unenthusiastic; lukewarm; skeptical.
- (informal) Of a pair of people, Having good relations.
- Of a color, in the range of violet to green.
- (informal) All right; acceptable; good.
- Allowing or suggesting heat relief.
- Of a mildly low temperature.
- Applied facetiously to a sum of money, commonly as if to give emphasis to the largeness of the amount.
- fashionable and attractive at the time; often skilled or socially adept
- being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition
- neither warm nor very cold; giving relief from heat
- psychologically cool and unenthusiastic; unfriendly or unresponsive or showing dislike
- marked by calm self-control (especially in trying circumstances); unemotional
- used of a quantity or amount (especially of money) for emphasis
- inducing the impression of coolness; used especially of greens and blues and violets when referring to color
noun
verb
- (transitive) To reduce the excessiveness of (something).
- (intransitive) To become less excessive.
- (transitive) To preside over (something) as a moderator.
- (transitive, physics) To supply with a moderator (substance that decreases the speed of neutrons in a nuclear reactor and hence increases likelihood of fission).
- (intransitive) To act as a moderator; to assist in bringing to compromise.
- make less fast or intense
- make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else
- preside over
- make less strong or intense; soften
- lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits
- make less severe or harsh
adj
- Mediocre
- Not violent or rigorous; temperate; mild; gentle.
- (pathology) more than mild, less than severe
- Average priced; standard-deal
- (US, politics) Having an intermediate position between liberal and conservative.
- Not excessive; acting in moderation
- being within reasonable or average limits; not excessive or extreme
- marked by avoidance of extravagance or extremes
- not extreme
noun
- (Christianity, historical) One of a party in Scottish Church history dominant in the 18th century, lax in doctrine and discipline, but intolerant of evangelicalism and popular rights. It caused the secessions of 1733 and 1761, and its final resultant was the Disruption of 1843.
- One who holds an intermediate position between extremes, as in politics.
- a person who takes a position in the political center
verb
- (transitive) To lessen; to diminish; to diminish in speaking; to speak of lightly or slightingly; to minimise.
- (transitive) To make less; to make small.
- (intransitive) To walk with short steps; to walk in a prim, affected manner.
- (intransitive) To act or talk with affected nicety; to affect delicacy in manner.
- To say or utter vaguely (not directly or frankly).
- (transitive, rare) To effect mincingly.
- (transitive, cooking) To cut into very small pieces; to chop finely.
- (transitive) To affect; to pronounce affectedly or with an accent.
- walk daintily
- cut into small pieces
- make less severe or harsh
noun
- (countable, Cockney rhyming slang, chiefly in the plural) An eye (from mince pie).
- (countable) An affected (often dainty or short and precise) gait.
- (uncountable) Finely chopped mixed fruit used in Christmas pies; mincemeat.
- (countable) An affected manner, especially of speaking; an affectation.
- (UK, slang, uncountable) Something worthless; rubbish.
- (uncountable) Finely chopped meat; minced meat.
- food chopped into small bits
verb
- (transitive) To make quiet.
- (transitive) To appease; to allay; to soothe.
- (transitive) To clear off soil and other materials overlying the bedrock.
- (intransitive) To become quiet.
- become quiet or still; fall silent
- cause to be quiet or not talk
- wash by removing particles
- run water over the ground to erode (soil), revealing the underlying strata and valuable minerals
- become quiet or quieter
noun
verb
- (transitive) To make (something unpleasant) seem less so.
- To remove hair using a paste of sugar, water, and lemon juice.
- (US, Canada, regional) In making maple sugar, to complete the process of boiling down the syrup till it is thick enough to crystallize; to approach or reach the state of granulation; with the preposition off.
- (transitive) To add sugar to; to sweeten with sugar.
- (programming, transitive) To rewrite (source code) using syntactic sugar.
- (transitive) To compliment (a person).
- (entomology) To apply sugar to trees or plants in order to catch moths.
- sweeten with sugar
intj
noun
- (US, slang, uncountable) Heroin.
- (programming) Syntactic sugar.
- (chiefly southern US, slang, uncountable) Effeminacy in a male, often implying homosexuality.
- (countable) A small serving of this substance (typically about one teaspoon), used to sweeten a drink.
- (countable, chemistry) Any of various small carbohydrates that are used by organisms to store energy.
- (uncountable) Sucrose in the form of small crystals, obtained from sugar cane or sugar beet and used to sweeten food and drink.
- (countable) A term of endearment.
- Compliment or flattery used to disguise or render acceptable something obnoxious; honeyed or soothing words.
- (countable) A specific variety of sugar.
- (uncountable, slang) Affection shown by kisses or kissing.
- (uncountable, informal) Diabetes.
- informal terms for money
- an essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals; includes simple sugars with small molecules as well as macromolecular substances; are classified according to the number of monosaccharide groups they contain
- a white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener and preservative
verb
adj
noun
- (slang, uncountable) The drug dextromethorphan.
- (slang, uncountable) Money acquired by gambling.
- (rare, countable) A female chinchilla; a sow.
- A closely woven fabric (originally of silk, now also of cotton or man-made fibres) with a thick short pile on one side.
- Very fine fur, including the skin and fur on a deer's antlers.
- a silky densely piled fabric with a plain back
verb
- (transitive, by extension) To make something, such as a dramatic work, more acceptable by removing potentially offensive material.
- (transitive) To revise (a document) in order to prevent identification of the sources.
- (transitive) To rid of microorganisms by cleaning or disinfecting.
- (transitive, computing) To filter (text) to ensure it does not contain any characters that will cause problems for or be interpreted in an adverse way by the receiving system.
- (transitive, computing) To remove sensitive or personal data from (a database or file).
- make sanitary by cleaning or sterilizing
- make less offensive or more acceptable by removing objectionable features
verb
- (transitive) To make nice or subtle.
- (transitive) To purify; reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; to free from impurities.
- (intransitive) To become pure; to be cleared of impure matter.
- (ambitransitive) To improve in accuracy, delicacy, or excellence.
- (transitive) To purify of coarseness, vulgarity, inelegance, etc.; to polish.
- make more complex, intricate, or richer
- improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
- reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities
- treat or prepare so as to put in a usable condition
- make more precise or increase the discriminatory powers of
- attenuate or reduce in vigor, strength, or intensity by polishing or purifying
verb
- (transitive) To make something seem less important than it really is.
- (transitive, card games) To play a low card when holding a high one, in the hope of a future advantage.
- (transitive) To play in a subordinate, or in an inferior manner; to underact a part.
- play a card lower than (a held high card)
- act (a role) with great restraint
noun
verb
- (transitive) To curtail.
- (transitive) To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense.
- (transitive) To make shorter; to shorten in duration or extent.
- (transitive) Cut short; truncate.
- reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
- lessen, diminish, or curtail
verb
adj
- Emotionally unable to feel or respond in a normal way.
- (Maine) Dumb or stupid.
- Physically unable to feel, not having the power of sensation.
- lacking sensation
- (followed by ‘to’) not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive
- so frightened as to be unable to move; stunned or paralyzed with terror; petrified
verb
- (transitive) To make appear insignificant.
- (intransitive) To become (much) smaller.
- To hinder from growing to the natural size; to make or keep small; to stunt.
- (transitive) To make appear (much) smaller, puny, tiny; to be much larger than.
- (transitive) To render (much) smaller, turn into a dwarf (version).
- make appear small by comparison
- check the growth of
adj
noun
- (mythology) Any member of a race of beings from (especially Scandinavian and other Germanic) folklore, usually depicted as having some sort of supernatural powers and being skilled in crafting and metalworking, often as short with long beards, and sometimes as clashing with elves.
- (astronomy) A dwarf star.
- An animal, plant or other thing much smaller than the usual of its sort.
- (now sometimes offensive) A person of short stature, often one whose limbs are disproportionately small in relation to the body as compared with typical adults, usually as the result of a genetic condition.
- a plant or animal that is atypically small
- a person who is markedly small
- a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure
verb
noun
verb
- (transitive) To make (someone) be quiet.
- (transitive) To block with a cork or something similar.
- (transitive) To enclose in a bottle sealed with a cork.
- (transitive, intransitive, baseball) To put cork in a baseball bat; to use a baseball bat with cork in it.
- (usually imperative, slang, intransitive) Shut up; be quiet.
- (transitive, figurative) To suppress an emotion or impulse.
- close a bottle with a cork
verb
- (transitive) To like gradually less.
- (intransitive, figurative) To explode metaphorically; to become very angry or overexcited.
- (intransitive, chiefly UK, of epoxy resins) To cure; to set.
- (intransitive) To fire, especially accidentally.
- (intransitive, LGBTQ slang) To perform extremely well; to be impressive or attractive; often used to express encouragement.
- (intransitive, slang) To rant; to talk at length negatively; to insult or criticize.
- (intransitive) To pass off; to take place; to be accomplished; to happen.
- (intransitive, UK, Australia, Canada) To putrefy or become inedible, or to become unusable in any way.
- (intransitive) To depart; to leave.
- (intransitive) To begin clanging or making noise.
- (intransitive, slang) To fall unconscious; to go to sleep; to die.
- (slang) To ejaculate; to orgasm.
- (intransitive) To stop operating; to switch off.
- (intransitive) To explode.
- (intransitive, slang) To fight or attack.
- (transitive) To follow or extrapolate from something; to judge by.
- stop running, functioning, or operating
- be discharged or activated
- burst inward
- run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along
- go off or discharge
- happen in a particular manner
verb
adj
noun
verb
- (transitive) To diminish or lessen something
- (transitive) To cut a rebate (or rabbet) in something
- To beat to obtuseness; to deprive of keenness; to blunt; to turn back the point of, as a lance used for exercise.
- To abate; to withdraw.
- (transitive) To deduct or return an amount from a bill or payment
- (intransitive, falconry) Of a falcon: to return to the hand after bating; see bate².
- join with a rebate
- give a reduction in the price during a sale
- cut a rebate in (timber or stone)
noun
- A piece of wood hafted into a long stick, and serving to beat out mortar.
- The return of part of an amount already paid.
- A kind of hard freestone used in making pavements.
- An iron tool sharpened something like a chisel, and used for dressing and polishing wood.
- A rectangular groove made to hold two pieces (of wood etc) together; a rabbet.
- (photography) The edge of a roll of film, from which no image can be developed.
- A deduction from an amount that is paid; an abatement.
- a refund of some fraction of the amount paid
- a rectangular groove made to hold two pieces together
verb
- (transitive, informal) To adjust slightly; to fine-tune.
- (intransitive, slang, by extension) To be extremely confused; to have no clue what is happening.
- (transitive) To pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist; to twitch.
- (transitive) To tease, to annoy; to get under the skin of (someone, typically so as to irritate them, or by extension to enamor, frighten, etc).
- (intransitive, US, slang) To exhibit extreme nervousness, evasiveness when confronted by authorities, compulsiveness, erratic motion, excitability, etc, due to or mimicking the symptoms of methamphetamine abuse.
- (military, weaponry, uncommon) From a catapult, to strike a target with a missile.
- (intransitive, US, slang) To abuse methamphetamines, especially crystal meth.
- pull or pull out sharply
- pinch or squeeze sharply
- to be under the influence of methamphetamine
- adjust finely
noun
- A slight adjustment or modification.
- A sharp pinch or jerk; a twist or twitch.
- (cryptography) An additional input to a block cipher, used in conjunction with the key to select the permutation computed by the cipher.
- Trouble; distress; tweag.
- (slang) Methamphetamine.
- (slang) A single inhalation of cocaine.
- a squeeze with the fingers
verb
- (transitive, figurative) To put in a position that is not prominent.
- (journalism) To gather and provide background information (on).
- (transitive) To increase the weight and immunity of (a calf) by feeding with forage and grains, as an intermediate stage in cattle production, between weaning and placement in a feedlot.
- simple past and past participle of backgrind
- (transitive) To place in the background.
- understate the importance or quality of
adj
noun
- Information relevant to the current situation about past events; history.
- (film) An extra who appears in the background, with no speaking role.
- A less important feature of scenery (as opposed to foreground).
- A part of the picture that depicts scenery to the rear or behind the main subject; context.
- (physics) Ellipsis of background radiation.
- (computing) A type of activity on a computer that is not normally visible to the user.
- One's social heritage, or previous life; what one did in the past.
- (computing) The image or color over which a computer's desktop items are shown (e.g. icons or application windows).
- (computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear
- information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem
- extraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measured
- relatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situation
- scenery hung at back of stage
- a person's social heritage: previous experience or training
- the state of the environment in which a situation exists
- the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground
verb
- (transitive) To fix or set the tone of.
- To cover or smear with pitch.
- (transitive) To set or fix (a price or value).
- (brewing) To add yeast as a step while making beer
- (transitive) To assemble or erect (a tent). Also used figuratively.
- (with on or upon) To fix one's choice.
- (intransitive, Bristol, of snow) To settle and build up, without melting.
- (intransitive) To plunge or fall; especially, to fall forward; to decline or slope.
- (transitive) To set at an angle, especially a downwards one; to cause to tilt.
- (intransitive, baseball) To play baseball in the position of pitcher.
- (intransitive, cricket) To bounce on the playing surface.
- (transitive) To set, face, or pave (an embankment or roadway) with rubble or undressed stones.
- (transitive) To throw away; discard.
- (transitive, golf) To play a short, high, lofty shot that lands with backspin.
- To darken; to blacken; to obscure.
- (intransitive) To fix or place a tent or temporary habitation; to encamp.
- (transitive) To deliver in a certain tone or style, or with a certain audience in mind.
- (transitive or intransitive, baseball) To throw (the ball) toward a batter at home plate.
- (transitive) To promote, advertise, or attempt to sell.
- (intransitive) To produce a note of a given pitch.
- (transitive) To throw.
- (transitive, card games, slang) To discard (a card) for some gain.
- To attack, or position or assemble for attack.
- (ambitransitive, aviation or nautical) To move so that the front of an aircraft or boat goes alternately up and down.
- heel over
- set to a certain pitch
- sell or offer for sale from place to place
- move abruptly
- fall or plunge forward
- throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball
- be at an angle
- set the level or character of
- throw or toss with a light motion
- erect and fasten
- lead (a card) and establish the trump suit
- hit (a golf ball) in a high arc with a backspin
adj
noun
- (sports, UK, Australia, New Zealand) The field on which cricket, soccer, rugby, gridiron or field hockey is played. (In cricket, the pitch is in the centre of the field; see cricket pitch.) (Not often used in the US or Canada, where "field" is the preferred word.)
- An effort to sell or promote something.
- (geology) Pitchstone.
- The point where a declivity begins; hence, the declivity itself; a descending slope; the degree or rate of descent or slope; slant.
- The angle at which an object sits.
- (golf) A short, high, lofty shot that lands with backspin.
- An area on a campsite intended for occupation by a single tent, caravan or similar.
- A dark, extremely viscous material still remaining after distilling crude oil or natural tar.
- The distance between evenly spaced objects, e.g. the teeth of a saw or gear, the turns of a screw thread, the centres of holes, or letters in a monospace font.
- Prominence; importance.
- The height a bird reaches in flight, especially a bird of prey preparing to swoop down on its prey.
- (nautical, aviation) The degree to which a vehicle, especially a ship or aircraft, rotates on such an axis, tilting its bow or nose up or down.
- (music) In an a cappella group, the singer responsible for singing a note for the other members to tune themselves by.
- (by extension) The place where a busker performs, a prostitute solicits clients, or an illegal gambling game etc. is set up before the public.
- (cricket) That point of the ground on which the ball pitches or lights when bowled.
- (mining) The limit of ground set to a miner who receives a share of the ore taken out.
- (climbing) A section of a climb or rock face; specifically, the climbing distance between belays or stances.
- A throw; a toss; a cast, as of something from the hand.
- (now British, regional) A person's or animal's height.
- A descent; a fall; a thrusting down.
- (music, phonetics) The perceived frequency of a sound, note or electromagnetic wave.
- A point or peak; the extreme point of elevation or depression.
- (music) The standard to which a group of musical instruments are tuned or in which a piece is performed, usually by reference to the frequency to which the musical note A above middle C is tuned.
- (baseball) The act of pitching a baseball.
- A level or degree, or (by extension), a peak or highest degree.
- A sticky, gummy substance secreted by trees; sap.
- An area in a market (or similar) allocated to a particular trader.
- (aviation) A measure of the angle of attack of a propeller.
- (caving) A vertical cave passage, only negotiable by using rope or ladders.
- (rare) The field of battle.
- The most thrust-out point of a headland or cape.
- promotion by means of an argument and demonstration
- abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance)
- a sports field with predetermined dimensions for playing soccer
- the property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration
- a high approach shot in golf
- a vendor's position (especially on the sidewalk)
- any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue
- the act of throwing a baseball or softball by the pitcher towards home plate, which initiates play by giving the batter a chance to hit it
- an all-fours game in which the first card led is a trump
- degree of deviation from a horizontal plane
- the action or manner of throwing something
verb
- (transitive) To give lesser weight or importance to.
- (transitive, military, of a fortification) To render no longer defensible by full or partial demolition.
- (transitive) To treat (someone or something) with disdain or neglect, usually out of prejudice, hatred, or jealousy; to ignore disrespectfully; to skimp on one's duties toward.
- (transitive) To throw heedlessly.
- (transitive) To treat as unimportant or not worthy of attention; to make light of.
- (intransitive) To act negligently or carelessly.
- pay no attention to, disrespect
adj
- Of slender build.
- Gentle or weak, not aggressive or powerful.
- (regional) Even, smooth or level.
- Not thorough; superficial.
- Trifling; unimportant; insignificant.
- (especially said of the sea) Still; with little or no movement on the surface.
- being of delicate or slender build
- (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with ‘a’) at least some
- lacking substance or significance
noun
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