abate

abate is a 5-letter English word with 12 senses as transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To beat down; to overthrow. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 8 · 12 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To beat down; to overthrow.
2. transitive verb. To bring down or reduce from a higher to a lower state, number, or degree; to lessen; to diminish; to contract; to moderate; to cut short; as, to abate a demand; to abate pride, zeal, hope.
3. transitive verb. To deduct; to omit; as, to abate something from a price.
4. transitive verb. To blunt.
5. transitive verb. To reduce in estimation; to deprive.
6. transitive verb. To bring entirely down or put an end to; to do away with; as, to abate a nuisance, to abate a writ.
7. transitive verb. To diminish; to reduce. Legacies are liable to be abated entirely or in proportion, upon a deficiency of assets.
8. transitive verb. To decrease, or become less in strength or violence; as, pain abates, a storm abates.
9. transitive verb. To be defeated, or come to naught; to fall through; to fail; as, a writ abates.
10. noun. Abatement.
11. verb. become less in amount or intensity

    "The storm abated"

    "The rain let up after a few hours"

    Synonyms: slack

12. verb. make less active or intense

    Synonyms: slack, slake

Synonyms

slack, slake

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in abate:

ateba, batea, beata

Common word forms

abated, abater, abates, abating, abatement

Words from these letters

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