allay

allay has 8 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 5.

Definitions

• v. t.. 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.
• v. t.. To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate; as, to allay the severity of affliction or the bitterness of adversity.
• v. t.. To diminish in strength; to abate; to subside.
• n.. Alleviation; abatement; check.
• n.. Alloy.
• v. t.. To mix (metals); to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to deteriorate.
• v.. satisfy (thirst); "The cold water quenched his thirst"
• v.. lessen the intensity of or calm; "The news eased my conscience"; "still the fears"