| means | (verb) weaken the consistency of (a chemical substance)
attenuate, rarefy |
| means | (verb) lessen the strength of; "The fever weakened his body"
weaken |
| means | (verb) remove a brace or braces from
unbrace |
| means | (verb) make loose or looser; "loosen the tension on a rope"
loosen, loose |
| means | (verb) make weak; "Life in the camp drained him"
drain, debilitate, enfeeble |
| means | (verb) make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; "Terror blunted her feelings"; "deaden a sound"
blunt, deaden |
| means | (verb) make soft or softer; "This liquid will soften your laundry"
soften |
| means | (verb) weaken mentally or morally
enervate |
| means | (verb) reduce the amplitude (of oscillations or waves)
dampen |
| means | (verb) make less dense; "loosen the soil"
loosen |
| means | (verb) cause to become loose; "undo the shoelace"; "untie the knot"; "loosen the necktie"
untie, undo, loosen |
| means | (verb) lessen the activity or force of; "The rising inflation depressed the economy"
depress |
| means | (verb) cause to drop or sink; "The lack of rain had depressed the water level in the reservoir"
lower, depress |
| means | (verb) decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"
fall, decrease, diminish, lessen |
| means | (verb) lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture; "cut bourbon"
thin out, thin, dilute, cut, reduce |
| means | (verb) make vapid or deprive of spirit; "deadened wine"
deaden |
| means | (verb) become weaker; "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days"
weaken |
| means | (verb) lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of; "don't belittle your colleagues"
belittle, diminish |
| means | (verb) correct by punishment or discipline
chasten, subdue, tame |
| means | (verb) make less severe or strict; "The government relaxed the curfew after most of the rebels were caught"
relax, loosen |
| means | (verb) reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of; "de-escalate a crisis"
step down, weaken, de-escalate |
| means | (verb) become dim or lusterless; "the lights dimmed and the curtain rose"
dim |
| means | (verb) become weaker, in strength, value, or magnitude
attenuate |
| means | (verb) make less active or intense
slake, slack, abate |
| means | (verb) make less active or fast; "He slackened his pace as he got tired"; "Don't relax your efforts now"
slacken, relax, slack, slack up |
| means | (verb) cut down on; make a reduction in; "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits"
trim, cut down, cut, cut back, reduce, trim back, trim down, bring down |
| means | (verb) become soft or softer; "The bread will soften if you pour some liquid on it"
soften |
| means | (verb) make less taut; "relax the tension on the rope"
relax, unbend |
| means | (verb) reduce in size; reduce physically; "Hot water will shrink the sweater"; "Can you shrink this image?"
reduce, shrink |
| means | (verb) cook until very little liquid is left; "The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time"
reduce, boil down, concentrate |
| means | (verb) wear off or die down; "The pain subsided"
subside, lessen |
| means | (verb) release tension on; "slack the rope"
slack |
| means | (verb) make (images or sounds) soft or softer
soften |
| means | (verb) lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of; "The circumstances extenuate the crime"
palliate, extenuate, mitigate |
| means | (verb) become less in amount or intensity; "The storm abated"; "The rain let up after a few hours"
slack off, slack, let up, abate, die away |
| means | (verb) become less severe or strict; "The rules relaxed after the new director arrived"
loosen, relax |
| means | (verb) reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"
shorten, reduce, abbreviate, contract, abridge, cut, foreshorten |
| means | (verb) make slack as by lessening tension or firmness
slacken, remit |
| means | (verb) lessen in force or effect; "soften a shock"; "break a fall"
break, damp, soften, weaken, dampen |
| means | (verb) become loose or looser or less tight; "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed"
loose, relax, loosen |
| means | (verb) switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam
dip, dim |
| means | (verb) become looser or slack; "the rope slackened"
slacken |
| means | (verb) become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigor
deaden |
| means | (verb) diminish or abate; "The pain finally remitted"
remit |
| means | (verb) become slow or slower; "Production slowed"
slow up, slow, slacken, slow down, slack |
| means | (verb) protect from impact; "cushion the blow"
soften, cushion, buffer |
| means | (verb) cause to feel relaxed; "A hot bath always relaxes me"
unlax, relax, unwind, make relaxed, loosen up, unstrain |
| means | (verb) be cooked until very little liquid is left; "The sauce should reduce to one cup"
decoct, reduce, concentrate, boil down |
| means | (verb) make dim or lusterless; "Time had dimmed the silver"
dim |
| means | (verb) remove from tension
unbrace |
| means | (verb) make worse or less effective; "His vision was impaired"
impair |