About The Word Soften
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Soften Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Soften?
[v] become soft or softer; "The bread will soften if you pour some liquid on it"
[v] make soft or softer; "This liquid will soften your laundry" [v] lessen in force or effect; "soften a shock"; "break a fall" [v] make less severe or harsh; "He moderated his tone when the students burst out in tears" [v] protect from impact; "cushion the blow" [v] make soft or softer; of images and sounds [v] give in, as to influence or pressure Synonyms | Synonyms for Soften: break | buffer | cushion | damp | dampen | mince | moderate | relent | weaken | yield Related Terms | Find terms related to Soften: See Also | alter | alter | blunt | change | change | change intensity | damp | dampen | deaden | deafen | dull | macerate | mellow | modify | mollify | muffle | mute | soften | tone down | truckle Soften In Webster's Dictionary \Sof"ten\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Softened}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Softening}.]
To make soft or more soft. Specifically:
(a) To render less hard; -- said of matter.
Their arrow's point they soften in the flame.
--Gay.
(b) To mollify; to make less fierce or intractable.
Diffidence conciliates the proud, and softens the
severe. --Rambler.
(c) To palliate; to represent as less enormous; as, to soften
a fault.
(d) To compose; to mitigate; to assuage.
Music can soften pain to ease. --Pope.
(e) To make calm and placid.
All that cheers or softens life. --Pope.
(f) To make less harsh, less rude, less offensive, or less
violent, or to render of an opposite quality.
He bore his great commision in his look, But
tempered awe, and softened all he spoke. --Dryden.
(g) To make less glaring; to tone down; as, to soften the
coloring of a picture.
(h) To make tender; to make effeminate; to enervate; as,
troops softened by luxury.
(i) To make less harsh or grating, or of a quality the
opposite; as, to soften the voice.
\Sof"ten\, v. i. To become soft or softened, or less rude, harsh, severe, or obdurate. |
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