softening

Senso (Inglese)

Verb

present participle and gerund of soften

Noun

1. The process of making something soft.
2. The process of becoming soft.

soften

1. (transitive) To make something soft or softer.
2. (transitive) To undermine the morale of someone (often soften up).
3. (transitive) To make less harsh
4. (intransitive) To become soft or softer
5. (ambitransitive) To become or make (a consonant) more lenis, to lenite.
6. To palatalize.

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Concetti

ammorbidente

addolcimento

ammollimento

debilitante

rammollimento

ammorbidimento

sinonimi

mollification

emollient

demulcent

soaking

malacia

salving

easing

demineralization

easement

extenuation

lessening

loosening

maceration

melting

mitigation

mollifying

relaxing

relief

soften

softened

softness

soothing

weakening

asthenic

emolliate

malacic

malacoma

malacosis

malactic

mollescence

mollities

alleviation

toning down

anneal

annealing

attenuating

batching

crumbling

cushioning

Traduzioni

adoucissement

ramollissement

aufweichend

erweichend

Abschwächung

amollissement

ablaniment

suavització

تلين

Entspannung

تلْيِين

weich werdend

Auflockerung

Erleichterung der Bedingungen

reblaniment

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: softenynge

Ereditato da inglese medio: softenyng

In summary

From Middle English softenynge, softynand, equivalent to soften + -ing.