Definition of lessen Lessen
/lΙΛsΚn/ - [lesun] - lessβ’en
We found 10 definitions of lessen from 6 different sources.
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| lessen - 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" | ||
| decrease, diminish, fall | ||
| increase make bigger or more; "The boss finally increased her salary"; "The university increased the number of students it admitted" | ||
| change magnitude change in size or magnitude | ||
| break weaken or destroy in spirit or body; "His resistance was broken"; "a man broken by the terrible experience of near-death" | ||
| shrivel, shrink wither, as with a loss of moisture; "The fruit dried and shriveled" | ||
| taper diminish gradually; "Interested tapered off" | ||
| drop off fall or diminish; "The number of students in this course dropped off after the first test" | ||
| vaporize, vanish, fly decrease rapidly and disappear; "the money vanished in las Vegas"; "all my stock assets have vaporized" | ||
| break weaken or destroy in spirit or body; "His resistance was broken"; "a man broken by the terrible experience of near-death" | ||
| slacken off, ease off, ease up, flag reduce pressure or intensity; "he eased off the gas pedal and the car slowed down" | ||
| weaken become weaker; "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days" | ||
| boil down, decoct, concentrate, reduce be cooked until very little liquid is left; "The sauce should reduce to one cup" | ||
| shrink, contract decrease in size, range, or extent; "His earnings shrank"; "My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me" | ||
| shrivel up, shrivel, wither, shrink wither, as with a loss of moisture; "The fruit dried and shriveled" | ||
| die away, slack off, abate, let up, slack become less in amount or intensity; "The storm abated"; "The rain let up after a few hours" | ||
| deflate become deflated or flaccid, as by losing air; "The balloons deflated" | ||
| dwindle, dwindle away, dwindle down become smaller or lose substance; "Her savings dwindled down" | ||
| remit diminish or abate; "The pain finally remitted" | ||
| de-escalate reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of; "de-escalate a crisis" | ||
| devaluate, depreciate, devalue, undervalue lose in value; "The dollar depreciated again" | ||
| shorten become short or shorter; "In winter, the days shorten" | ||
| thin out make sparse; "thin out the young plants" | ||
| wane, decline, go down decrease in phase; "the moon is waning" | ||
| wane decrease in phase; "the moon is waning" | ||
| wane decrease in phase; "the moon is waning" | ||
| decelerate, slow, slow up, retard, slow down reduce the speed of; "He slowed down the car" | ||
| decrescendo grow quieter; "The music decrescendoes here" | ||
| lessen - make smaller; "He decreased his staff" | ||
| decrease, minify | ||
| increase make bigger or more; "The boss finally increased her salary"; "The university increased the number of students it admitted" | ||
| modify, alter, change make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage" | ||
| suppress reduce the incidence or severity of or stop; "suppress a yawn"; "this drug can suppress the hemorrhage" | ||
| mitigate make less severe or harsh; "mitigating circumstances" | ||
| pare down, pare decrease gradually or bit by bit | ||
| circumscribe, limit, confine draw a line around; "He drew a circle around the points" | ||
| boil down, concentrate, reduce be cooked until very little liquid is left; "The sauce should reduce to one cup" | ||
| shrink, reduce decrease in size, range, or extent; "His earnings shrank"; "My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me" | ||
| abbreviate, abridge, foreshorten, shorten, contract, reduce, cut shorten; "Abbreviate `New York' and write `NY'" | ||
| abate, slake, slack become less in amount or intensity; "The storm abated"; "The rain let up after a few hours" | ||
| lour, lower, turn down set lower; "lower a rating"; "lower expectations" | ||
| de-escalate, step down, weaken reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of; "de-escalate a crisis" | ||
| minimise, minimize make small or insignificant; "Let's minimize the risk" | ||
| trim back, trim down, cut back, bring down, cut down, trim, reduce, cut return in time; "the film cut back to an earlier event in the story" | ||
| cut grow through the gums; "The new tooth is cutting" | ||
| slack up, slacken, relax, slack make slack as by lessening tension or firmness | ||
| diminish, belittle lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of; "don't belittle your colleagues" | ||
| lessen - wear off or die down; "The pain subsided" | ||
| subside | ||
| weaken become weaker; "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days" | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary π
- lessen (a.)
To make less; to reduce; to make smaller, or fewer; to diminish; to lower; to degrade; as, to lessen a kingdom, or a population; to lessen speed, rank, fortune. - lessen (v. i.)
To become less; to shrink; to contract; to decrease; to be diminished; as, the apparent magnitude of objects lessens as we recede from them; his care, or his wealth, lessened.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ξ©
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lessen
To make smaller.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary π
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lessen
lesβ²n, v.t. to make less, in any sense: to weaken: to degrade.βv.i. to become less, shrink
Part of speech
π€- lessen, verb, present, 1st person singular of lessen (infinitive).
- lessen, verb (infinitive).
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