Dictionary Entry
allay
allay is a 5-letter English word with 8 senses as transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm; as, to allay popular excitement; to allay the tumult of the passions. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 9 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 8 · Words With Friends 9 · 8 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm; as, to allay popular excitement; to allay the tumult of the passions.
- 2transitive verb
To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate; as, to allay the severity of affliction or the bitterness of adversity.
- 3transitive verb
To diminish in strength; to abate; to subside.
- 4noun
Alleviation; abatement; check.
- 5noun
Alloy.
- 6transitive verb
To mix (metals); to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to deteriorate.
- 7verb
satisfy (thirst)
"The cold water quenched his thirst"
- 8verb
lessen the intensity of or calm
"The news eased my conscience"
"still the fears"
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