softening

Reikšmė (Anglų k.)

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.

Skaityti daugiau

Sinonimai

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

Vertimai

adoucissement

ramollissement

Abschwächung

ammorbidente

amollissement

aufweichend

erweichend

ablaniment

suavització

تلين

Entspannung

weich werdend

Auflockerung

Erleichterung der Bedingungen

تلْيِين

Etimologija (Anglų k.)

Paveldėta iš Vidurio Anglijos: softenynge

Paveldėta iš Vidurio Anglijos: softenyng

In summary

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