Dictionary Entry
soften
soften is a 6-letter English word with 17 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To make soft or more soft. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 10 · 17 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To make soft or more soft.
- 2transitive verb
To render less hard; -- said of matter.
- 3transitive verb
To mollify; to make less fierce or intractable.
- 4transitive verb
To palliate; to represent as less enormous; as, to soften a fault.
- 5transitive verb
To compose; to mitigate; to assuage.
- 6transitive verb
To make less harsh, less rude, less offensive, or less violent, or to render of an opposite quality.
- 7transitive verb
To make less glaring; to tone down; as, to soften the coloring of a picture.
- 8transitive verb
To make tender; to make effeminate; to enervate; as, troops softened by luxury.
- 9transitive verb
To make less harsh or grating, or of a quality the opposite; as, to soften the voice.
- 10intransitive verb
To become soft or softened, or less rude, harsh, severe, or obdurate.
- 11verb
become soft or softer
"The bread will soften if you pour some liquid on it"
- 12verb
make soft or softer
"This liquid will soften your laundry"
- 13verb
lessen in force or effect
"soften a shock"
"break a fall"
- 14verb
make less severe or harsh
"He moderated his tone when the students burst out in tears"
- 15verb
protect from impact
"cushion the blow"
- 16verb
make (images or sounds) soft or softer
- 17verb
give in, as to influence or pressure
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