Dictionary Entry
weaken
weaken is a 6-letter English word with 8 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To make weak; to lessen the strength of; to deprive of strength; to debilitate; to enfeeble; to enervate; as, to weaken the body or the mind; to weaken the hands of a magistrate; to weaken the force of an objection or an argument. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 14 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 13 · Words With Friends 14 · 8 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To make weak; to lessen the strength of; to deprive of strength; to debilitate; to enfeeble; to enervate; as, to weaken the body or the mind; to weaken the hands of a magistrate; to weaken the force of an objection or an argument.
- 2transitive verb
To reduce in quality, strength, or spirit; as, to weaken tea; to weaken any solution or decoction.
- 3intransitive verb
To become weak or weaker; to lose strength, spirit, or determination; to become less positive or resolute; as, the patient weakened; the witness weakened on cross-examination.
- 4verb
become weaker
"The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days"
- 5verb
lessen the strength of
"The fever weakened his body"
- 6verb
reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of
"de-escalate a crisis"
- 7verb
lessen in force or effect
"soften a shock"
"break a fall"
- 8verb
destroy property or hinder normal operations
"The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war"
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