bate

Betekenis (Engels)

Verb

1. To reduce the force of something; to abate.
2. To restrain, usually with the sense of being in anticipation
3. To cut off, remove, take away.
4. To leave out, except, bar.
5. To waste away.
6. To deprive of.
7. To lessen by retrenching, deducting, or reducing; to abate; to beat down; to lower.
8. To allow by way of abatement or deduction.

Noun

Strife; contention.

Noun

1. An alkaline lye which neutralizes the effect of the previous application of lime, and makes hides supple in the process of tanning.
2. A vat which contains this liquid.

Concepten

vermindering

Synoniemen

moderate

decrease

abate

reduce

lessen

damp

subtract

choke off

control

curb

deduct

detract

diminish

dock

downsize

dwindle

expense

extenuate

fall away

fall off

fury

harness

hold down

limit

minimize

mitigate

obtund

pall

palliate

qualify

rage

😡

rationalise

rationalize

rein

remit

restrain

season

sink

squelch

stay

stifle

taper

temper

throttle

tone down

trim

wane

weaken

factor out

rein in

contain

trim back

abridge

allay

ax

axe

🪓

catch

chasten

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/beɪt/

Etymologie (Engels)

table
Inherited from Middle English baten (“to abate”), an aphetic form of abaten.