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  • 41 amoindrir

    amoindrir [amwɛ̃dʀiʀ]
    ➭ TABLE 2 transitive verb
    [+ autorité] to weaken ; [+ personne] (physiquement) to make weaker ; (moralement, mentalement) to diminish
    * * *
    amwɛ̃dʀiʀ
    1.
    verbe transitif to reduce [résistance]; to weaken [autorité, personne]

    2.
    s'amoindrir verbe pronominal [forces] to diminish; [différences] to grow less
    * * *
    amwɛ̃dʀiʀ vt
    * * *
    amoindrir verb table: finir
    A vtr to reduce [résistance]; to weaken [autorité, personne]; il est sorti très amoindri de cette épreuve he came out of that ordeal a lesser man.
    B s'amoindrir vpr [forces, ressources, chances, possibilités] to diminish; [différences] to grow less.
    [amwɛ̃drir] verbe transitif
    1. [faire diminuer - valeur, importance] to diminish, to reduce ; [ - forces] to weaken ; [ - autorité, faculté] to weaken, to lessen, to diminish ; [ - réserves] to diminish
    2. [rendre moins capable] to weaken, to diminish
    ————————
    s'amoindrir verbe pronominal intransitif
    [autorité, forces] to weaken, to grow weaker
    [réserves] to diminish, to dwindle

    Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > amoindrir

  • 42 minuo

    mĭnŭo, ŭi, ūtum, 3, v. a. and n. [Sanscr. mi, lessen, change; Gr. minuô, minuthô; cf.: meiôn = minor; Germ. minder, vermindern].
    I.
    Act., to make smaller, to lessen, diminish; lit. and trop.
    A.
    Lit. (rare and mostly poet.):

    ramaliaque arida tecto Detulit, et minuit,

    broke in pieces, Ov. M. 8, 645:

    ligna,

    to chop into small pieces, id. F. 2, 647:

    portarum objectus,

    to dash in pieces, Stat. Th. 10, 526:

    dentes in limine,

    id. ib. 10, 47:

    sanguinem,

    to let blood, Veg. Vet. 1, 16, 2;

    in the same signif., simply minuere,

    id. ib. 1, 22, 1.—
    B.
    Trop., to lessen, diminish, lower, reduce, weaken, abate, restrict (very freq. and class.):

    imperium matris,

    Plaut. As. 3, 1, 6:

    sumptus civitatum,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 2:

    (rem familiarem),

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 177:

    gradum,

    Quint. 2, 3, 7:

    gloriam alicujus,

    Cic. Fl. 12, 28:

    molestias vitae,

    id. Fin. 1, 16, 51:

    cupiditates,

    id. ib.:

    invidiam,

    id. Agr. 1, 5, 14:

    opem,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 33:

    auctoritatem,

    id. B. C. 3, 43:

    minuuntur corporis artus,

    grow less, diminish in size, Ov. M. 7, 317:

    minuuntur corpora siccis,

    Plin. 11, 54, 118, § 283:

    consul alter proelio uno et vulnere suo minutus,

    discouraged, Liv. 21, 52, 2 (al. deminutus):

    suspicionem profectionis,

    Cic. Att. 10, 16, 4:

    controversias,

    to settle, put an end to, Caes. B. G. 5, 26:

    minuenda est haec opinio,

    to be refuted, Cic. Off. 1, 22, 72:

    magistratum, censuram,

    to restrict the power of, to limit, Liv. 4, 24:

    majestatem populi Romani per vim,

    to violate, offend against, Cic. Phil. 1, 9, 21:

    matris imperium,

    Plaut. As. 3, 1, 6:

    religionem,

    Nep. Ages. 4, 8:

    nec tu ea causa minueris Haec quae facis, ne is mutet suam sententiam,

    Ter. And. 2, 3, 19:

    consilium,

    to alter, change, id. Hec. 4, 3, 10:

    condemnationem,

    to commute, Gai. Inst. 3, 224; 4, 57.—
    II.
    Neutr., to diminish, grow less:

    minuente aestu,

    at the ebbing of the tide, Caes. B. G. 3, 12, 1:

    minuente lunā,

    waning, Pall. 3, 24; Sedul. 1, 243; cf.:

    crescentis minuentisque sideris species,

    Plin. 37, 10, 67, § 181.—Hence, mĭnūtus, a, um, P. a. (diminished; hence), little, small, minute (class.).
    A.
    Lit.: pueri minuti (opp. majores), Varr. ap. Non. 141, 18: id [p. 1148] omnes magni minutique, Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 45.—Of things:

    litterae,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 68:

    minuta ac brevia folia,

    Plin. 12, 24, 53, § 111:

    ossa,

    Lucr. 1, 835:

    opuscula,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 38, 120:

    itinera,

    Suet. Aug. 82:

    aere minuto qualiacumque somnia vendere,

    Juv. 6, 546:

    facies minutae,

    miniature portraits, id. 14, 291.— Comp.:

    minutior ac mage pollens,

    Lucr. 4, 318.— Sup.:

    minutissimis ictibus excarnificatus,

    Suet. Vit. 17:

    res,

    little things, trifles, Cic. Clu. 64, 180:

    res minutissimae et contemptibiles,

    Aug. Conf. 10, 35, 4:

    aves,

    Col. 8, 5, 10.—
    B.
    Trop., petty, paltry, insignificant.
    1.
    Of persons:

    alii minuti et angusti,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 18, 61:

    philosophi,

    id. Div. 1, 30, 62:

    imperatores,

    id. Brut. 73, 256:

    plebes,

    Phaedr. 4, 6, 13.—
    2.
    Of things: canto carmina versibus minutis, Poët. ap. Plin. Ep. 4, 27, 4:

    genus orationis,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 38, 159:

    minuti est animi voluptas ultio,

    Juv. 13, 189.— Hence, subst.: mĭnūtum, i, n., the smallest piece of money, a mite, farthing:

    novissimum reddere,

    Vulg. Luc. 12, 59; cf.:

    aes minutum,

    id. ib. 21, 2.— Plur.
    (α).
    The little (opp. longa), Calp. Ecl. 5, 7.—
    (β).
    Minutes, points, very small parts, Amm. 20, 3, 2; Gram. Vet. p. 374, 11.—
    (γ).
    Comp.:

    illa minutiora,

    those less important matters, Aur. Vict. Epit. 48, 18.—Hence, adv., in two forms.
    1.
    mĭnūtē, into small or fine pieces, finely, minutely (class.).
    A.
    Lit.:

    sal minute tritus,

    Col. 6, 17, 7:

    minutissime commolere,

    id. 12, 28, 1:

    historia minutissime scripta,

    in an extremely small hand, Sen. Ep. 95, 2.—
    B.
    Trop.
    (α).
    In a petty or paltry manner:

    res minutius tractare,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 3, 7.—
    (β).
    Minutely, closely, accurately:

    minutius et scrupulosius scrutantur omnia,

    Quint. 5, 14, 28.—
    2.
    mĭnūtim, into small pieces, finely, minutely (ante-class. and post-Aug.):

    concidere,

    Cato, R. R. 123:

    scoria minutim fracta,

    Plin. 34, 18, 51, § 171; Gell. 17, 8, 2.—
    B.
    With short steps, trippingly:

    equus ambulans,

    Veg. Vet. 1, 56, 39:

    deambulare,

    id. ib. 2, 53, 3.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > minuo

  • 43 minutum

    mĭnŭo, ŭi, ūtum, 3, v. a. and n. [Sanscr. mi, lessen, change; Gr. minuô, minuthô; cf.: meiôn = minor; Germ. minder, vermindern].
    I.
    Act., to make smaller, to lessen, diminish; lit. and trop.
    A.
    Lit. (rare and mostly poet.):

    ramaliaque arida tecto Detulit, et minuit,

    broke in pieces, Ov. M. 8, 645:

    ligna,

    to chop into small pieces, id. F. 2, 647:

    portarum objectus,

    to dash in pieces, Stat. Th. 10, 526:

    dentes in limine,

    id. ib. 10, 47:

    sanguinem,

    to let blood, Veg. Vet. 1, 16, 2;

    in the same signif., simply minuere,

    id. ib. 1, 22, 1.—
    B.
    Trop., to lessen, diminish, lower, reduce, weaken, abate, restrict (very freq. and class.):

    imperium matris,

    Plaut. As. 3, 1, 6:

    sumptus civitatum,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 2:

    (rem familiarem),

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 177:

    gradum,

    Quint. 2, 3, 7:

    gloriam alicujus,

    Cic. Fl. 12, 28:

    molestias vitae,

    id. Fin. 1, 16, 51:

    cupiditates,

    id. ib.:

    invidiam,

    id. Agr. 1, 5, 14:

    opem,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 33:

    auctoritatem,

    id. B. C. 3, 43:

    minuuntur corporis artus,

    grow less, diminish in size, Ov. M. 7, 317:

    minuuntur corpora siccis,

    Plin. 11, 54, 118, § 283:

    consul alter proelio uno et vulnere suo minutus,

    discouraged, Liv. 21, 52, 2 (al. deminutus):

    suspicionem profectionis,

    Cic. Att. 10, 16, 4:

    controversias,

    to settle, put an end to, Caes. B. G. 5, 26:

    minuenda est haec opinio,

    to be refuted, Cic. Off. 1, 22, 72:

    magistratum, censuram,

    to restrict the power of, to limit, Liv. 4, 24:

    majestatem populi Romani per vim,

    to violate, offend against, Cic. Phil. 1, 9, 21:

    matris imperium,

    Plaut. As. 3, 1, 6:

    religionem,

    Nep. Ages. 4, 8:

    nec tu ea causa minueris Haec quae facis, ne is mutet suam sententiam,

    Ter. And. 2, 3, 19:

    consilium,

    to alter, change, id. Hec. 4, 3, 10:

    condemnationem,

    to commute, Gai. Inst. 3, 224; 4, 57.—
    II.
    Neutr., to diminish, grow less:

    minuente aestu,

    at the ebbing of the tide, Caes. B. G. 3, 12, 1:

    minuente lunā,

    waning, Pall. 3, 24; Sedul. 1, 243; cf.:

    crescentis minuentisque sideris species,

    Plin. 37, 10, 67, § 181.—Hence, mĭnūtus, a, um, P. a. (diminished; hence), little, small, minute (class.).
    A.
    Lit.: pueri minuti (opp. majores), Varr. ap. Non. 141, 18: id [p. 1148] omnes magni minutique, Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 45.—Of things:

    litterae,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 68:

    minuta ac brevia folia,

    Plin. 12, 24, 53, § 111:

    ossa,

    Lucr. 1, 835:

    opuscula,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 38, 120:

    itinera,

    Suet. Aug. 82:

    aere minuto qualiacumque somnia vendere,

    Juv. 6, 546:

    facies minutae,

    miniature portraits, id. 14, 291.— Comp.:

    minutior ac mage pollens,

    Lucr. 4, 318.— Sup.:

    minutissimis ictibus excarnificatus,

    Suet. Vit. 17:

    res,

    little things, trifles, Cic. Clu. 64, 180:

    res minutissimae et contemptibiles,

    Aug. Conf. 10, 35, 4:

    aves,

    Col. 8, 5, 10.—
    B.
    Trop., petty, paltry, insignificant.
    1.
    Of persons:

    alii minuti et angusti,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 18, 61:

    philosophi,

    id. Div. 1, 30, 62:

    imperatores,

    id. Brut. 73, 256:

    plebes,

    Phaedr. 4, 6, 13.—
    2.
    Of things: canto carmina versibus minutis, Poët. ap. Plin. Ep. 4, 27, 4:

    genus orationis,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 38, 159:

    minuti est animi voluptas ultio,

    Juv. 13, 189.— Hence, subst.: mĭnūtum, i, n., the smallest piece of money, a mite, farthing:

    novissimum reddere,

    Vulg. Luc. 12, 59; cf.:

    aes minutum,

    id. ib. 21, 2.— Plur.
    (α).
    The little (opp. longa), Calp. Ecl. 5, 7.—
    (β).
    Minutes, points, very small parts, Amm. 20, 3, 2; Gram. Vet. p. 374, 11.—
    (γ).
    Comp.:

    illa minutiora,

    those less important matters, Aur. Vict. Epit. 48, 18.—Hence, adv., in two forms.
    1.
    mĭnūtē, into small or fine pieces, finely, minutely (class.).
    A.
    Lit.:

    sal minute tritus,

    Col. 6, 17, 7:

    minutissime commolere,

    id. 12, 28, 1:

    historia minutissime scripta,

    in an extremely small hand, Sen. Ep. 95, 2.—
    B.
    Trop.
    (α).
    In a petty or paltry manner:

    res minutius tractare,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 3, 7.—
    (β).
    Minutely, closely, accurately:

    minutius et scrupulosius scrutantur omnia,

    Quint. 5, 14, 28.—
    2.
    mĭnūtim, into small pieces, finely, minutely (ante-class. and post-Aug.):

    concidere,

    Cato, R. R. 123:

    scoria minutim fracta,

    Plin. 34, 18, 51, § 171; Gell. 17, 8, 2.—
    B.
    With short steps, trippingly:

    equus ambulans,

    Veg. Vet. 1, 56, 39:

    deambulare,

    id. ib. 2, 53, 3.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > minutum

  • 44 уменьшаться

    1) General subject: abate, de escalate, decline, decrease, depopulate (о населении), diminish, flag, flag (об интересе, энтузиазме и т.п.), flag-leaf (об интересе, энтузиазме и т.п.), go down, grow away, grow down, grow downwards, languish, lessen, lower, melt, minish, narrow, pass off, pink, relent, remit, shrink away, sink (the lake sinks - вода в озере убывает), slack, slake, to be on the decrease, wane, wither, dwindle
    2) Geology: peter out (о запасах), recede
    4) Medicine: fall, retract
    5) Colloquial: slip
    6) Mathematics: (the equations ( 2.1, 2), linearized about the basic steady-state solution, have normal modes that) decay (to zero exponentially), be decreased, be reduced, be scaled down, grow smaller
    7) Economy: flag (о спросе), flag (об интересе, спросе), lose ground, relax, scale back
    8) Accounting: sag
    9) Diplomatic term: be in a slump, ease
    10) Psychology: decreasing (постепенно), dwindle (постепенно), tail off (о количестве, качестве, силе)
    11) Jargon: rub off
    12) Information technology: descend, lighten
    13) Business: drop, shrink
    14) Makarov: abandonment, be down, compress, cut, de-escalate, deplete, grow less, pull down, reduce, relax (напр., о напряжении), relax (о напряжении и т.п.), remit (о проявлении болезни), remit (о проявлениях болезни), roll off, run down (о количестве), sacrifice, show diminution, slack off, slump, step down, tail, taper, to de-escalate, vanish, come down, drop away, drop off, fall away, fall off, fine away, fine down, fine off
    15) SAP.tech. zoom out

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > уменьшаться

  • 45 отслабна

    отсла̀бна,
    отсла̀бвам гл. get/grow thin, become thin(ner); lose weight/flesh; reduce; \отслабна с 2 кг lose 2 kg; ( изнемощявам) become/grow weak, become weaker, weaken; (за зрение) fail, grow dim; (за глас) sink, drop, grow weak; (за памет) fail, fade; (за вятър и пр.) drop, abate, subside, grow less intense; (за огън) die down; (за интерес) languish, flag; (за болка и пр.) ease.

    Български-английски речник > отслабна

  • 46 חסר

    adj. absent, missing; lacking, incomplete, minus, wanting, deficient, devoid, short, shy
    ————————
    v. be absent
    ————————
    v. be subtracted; to lack in
    ————————
    v. be subtracted
    ————————
    v. become less and less; have less
    ————————
    v. to grow less; lack
    ————————
    v. to subtract; give less; deprive; miss
    ————————
    v. to subtract; give less
    ————————
    lack, deficiency, failure, scantiness, scantness

    Hebrew-English dictionary > חסר

  • 47 dwindle

    ['dwindl]
    (to grow less: His money dwindled away.) skrumpe ind; svinde in
    * * *
    ['dwindl]
    (to grow less: His money dwindled away.) skrumpe ind; svinde in

    English-Danish dictionary > dwindle

  • 48 ÞVERRA

    I)
    (þverr; þvarr, þurrum; þorrinn), v. to wane, grow less, decrease (í þenna tíma þurru mjök vinsældirValdemars konungs).
    * * *
    pres. þverr; pret. þvarr, pl. þurru; subj. þyrri; part. þorrinn; with neg. suff. þyrrit, Sighvat: mod. weak þverra, að, pres. þverrar, Lil. 58, but the word is little used: [þurr and þverra are kindred words]:—prop. to be drained, ebb out, but only used
    II. metaph. to wane, grow less, decrease; nema blóð þyrri, Þd.; þóat skúrir þyrrit, Sighvat; sorg frá ek eigi þyrri, Skáld H. 1. 23; lízt honum nú sem minna hafi þorrit enn í enu fyrra sinni, Edda 32; honum þurru lausa-fé, Ld. 210; þverrandi, opp. to vaxandi, Fms. v. 343; hvárt sem síðan vex eða þverr, Gþl. 260, Sks. 52, 54; Hrappr hafði skaplyndi it sama, en orkan þvarr, þvíat elli sótti á hann, Ld. 54; eigi þverr enn heimskan fyrir þér, Fms. ii. 156; ef fé hans þverr tíu tigum, K. Þ. K. 146, Rb. 132; en er þurru hlaup in mestu, Hkr. iii. 395; ek eldumk, en þverr kraptrinn í vásinu, Orkn. 464; þurru mjök vinsældir Valdimars konungs, Fms. x. 160; óx jafnan styrkr Daviðs en þvarr í hverri máttr ok afli sveitunga Saul, Stj. 498; eigi þrotna ok eigi þverra, 590; af hennar sökum þvarr ófriðr við Kristna menn, Ver. 44.
    III. impers. with dat., þá þverr göngu hennar, of the sun, Rb. 100; sízt þvarr æfi (dat.) Magnúss, Fms. vi. (in a verse); mætti þverrar, Lil. 58.
    IV. part., en hlust er þorrin, my ear is dried up, Eg. (in a verse); sigri þorrinn, victory-bereft, Rekst.

    Íslensk-ensk orðabók > ÞVERRA

  • 49 decresco

    dē-cresco, crēvi, crētum, 3, v. n.
    I.
    Orig., to grow less, grow shorter, decrease, wane (as the moon, bodies of water, the length of the day, etc.): ostreae cum luna pariter crescunt pariterque decrescunt, * Cic. Div. 2, 14, 33:

    crescunt loca decrescentibus undis,

    Ov. M. 1, 345; cf.:

    aequora,

    id. ib. 2, 292; and: decrescentia flumina, * Hor. Od. 4, 7, 3:

    die decrescente (coupled with quo rursus crescente),

    Plin. 2, 59, 60, § 151:

    ubi febris fuit atque decrevit,

    Cels. 3, 6; cf.:

    morbus,

    id. ib. 20 al.: nocte dieque decretum et auctum, Laev. ap. Prisc. p. 869 P.;

    of the waters of the flood,

    Vulg. Gen. 8, 5.—Hence,
    II.
    In gen., to decrease, become less, diminish:

    uncus aratri Ferreus occulte decrescit in arvis,

    i. e. wears away, Lucr. 1, 315; id. 5, 536; Quint. 5, 12, 14; 9, 4, 23:

    admiratio decrescit,

    id. 1, 3, 5:

    metus matrum,

    Sil. 7, 82 et saep.:

    ut corpora quamlibet ardua et excelsa, procerioribus admota decrescant,

    i. e. seem smaller, Plin. Pan. 61, 2:

    decrescente reditu (agelli) etiam pretium minuit,

    Plin. Ep. 6, 3, 1.—
    b.
    Poet., of the gradual disappearance of places as one removes farther from them, Stat. Ach. 2, 308; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 189.—
    * B.
    Pregn., to pass away by diminution; to vanish, disappear:

    cornua decrescunt, etc.,

    Ov. M. 1, 740.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > decresco

  • 50 ἐλαττονέω

    +/ἐλασσονέω
    [*]V 2-2-0-1-2=7 Ex 16,18; 30,15; 1 Kgs 11,22; 17,14; Prv 11,24
    A: to receive less, to have back Ex 16,18; to give less, to diminish Ex 30,15
    M: to lack, to want [τινι] 1 Kgs 11,22; to lose of [abs.] 2 Mc 13,19; to receive less, to have lack Prv 11,24 P: to grow less 3 Kgs 17,16
    Cf. LE BOULLUEC 1989, 308; SPICQ 1978a, 241(n.2); →LSJ RSuppl

    Lust (λαγνεία) > ἐλαττονέω

  • 51 affievolire

    affievolire v.tr. to weaken, to enfeeble; to diminish: la notizia affievoliva le sue speranze, the news diminished his hopes.
    ◘ affievolirsi v.intr.pron. to weaken, to grow* weak; to fade, to diminish: il suono si affievolì, the sound grew faint; col passare del tempo il suo desiderio di tornare si era affievolito, as time passed his desire to return faded (o diminished).
    * * *
    [affjevo'lire]
    1. vt
    (forze) to weaken, (suoni) to make faint
    (suoni) to grow faint, (passione, affetto) to fade, grow less

    Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > affievolire

  • 52 قل

    قَلّ: اِنْخَفَضَ
    to be or become little, small, few; to lessen, decrease, diminish, drop (off), become less, grow less; to be or become less (than), smaller (than), fewer (than)

    Arabic-English new dictionary > قل

  • 53 פחת

    פְּחַתch. sam( Hif. הִפְחִית to lessen, wear out, damage), 1) to diminish. Pes.114a פְּחוֹת ממיכלךוכ׳ diminish from (spend less for) thy eating and drinking, and add to thy dwelling.Part. pass. פָּחִית. Targ. Ps. 19:3 (Var. ed. Lag. a. ed. פתית).V. פְּחִית. 2) to become defective, be broken. Y.Dem.I, 22a פ׳ פתורא קומוי (prob. to be read: איפחת) the table before him broke down. Ithpe. אִיתְפְּחַת, אִיפְּחַת, אִיפְּחִית 1) to become defective, be broken, damaged. Y.M. Kat. I, 80b bot., v. אֲיָירָא. Keth.62a איפ׳ בי בנאוכ׳ the floor of the bath-house under him gave way. Ib. אִיפַּחֲתָא דרגאוכ׳ the ladder under him broke down; a. e. 2) to grow less. Yalk. Deut. 892 אי׳ ליה שנה מן שנה שנה עליו עידנא (not לה) his crop grew less from year to year; time changed for him (nature changed on his account); Tanḥ. Reh 10 מי פחתוכ׳ (corr. acc.).

    Jewish literature > פחת

  • 54 פְּחַת

    פְּחַתch. sam( Hif. הִפְחִית to lessen, wear out, damage), 1) to diminish. Pes.114a פְּחוֹת ממיכלךוכ׳ diminish from (spend less for) thy eating and drinking, and add to thy dwelling.Part. pass. פָּחִית. Targ. Ps. 19:3 (Var. ed. Lag. a. ed. פתית).V. פְּחִית. 2) to become defective, be broken. Y.Dem.I, 22a פ׳ פתורא קומוי (prob. to be read: איפחת) the table before him broke down. Ithpe. אִיתְפְּחַת, אִיפְּחַת, אִיפְּחִית 1) to become defective, be broken, damaged. Y.M. Kat. I, 80b bot., v. אֲיָירָא. Keth.62a איפ׳ בי בנאוכ׳ the floor of the bath-house under him gave way. Ib. אִיפַּחֲתָא דרגאוכ׳ the ladder under him broke down; a. e. 2) to grow less. Yalk. Deut. 892 אי׳ ליה שנה מן שנה שנה עליו עידנא (not לה) his crop grew less from year to year; time changed for him (nature changed on his account); Tanḥ. Reh 10 מי פחתוכ׳ (corr. acc.).

    Jewish literature > פְּחַת

  • 55 འགྲིབ་པ་

    ['grib pa]
    darken, grow dim, get dark, diminution, grow less, decrease, be diminished, decay

    Tibetan-English dictionary > འགྲིབ་པ་

  • 56 tense

    I noun
    (Ling.) Zeit, die

    in the present/future etc. tense — im Präsens/Futur usw

    II 1. adjective
    1) (taut; showing nervous tension) gespannt

    a tense silence — eine [an]gespannte Stille

    2) (causing nervous tension) spannungsgeladen
    2. intransitive verb 3. transitive verb
    Phrasal Verbs:
    - academic.ru/92573/tense_up">tense up
    * * *
    [tens] I noun
    (a form of a verb that shows the time of its action in relation to the time of speaking: a verb in the past/future/present tense.) die Zeitform
    II 1. adjective
    1) (strained; nervous: The crowd was tense with excitement; a tense situation.) gespannt
    2) (tight; tightly stretched.) gespannt
    2. verb
    (to make or become tense: He tensed his muscles.) (an-)spannen
    - tensely
    - tenseness
    - tension
    * * *
    tense1
    [ten(t)s]
    n LING Zeitform f, Tempus nt fachspr
    tense2
    [ten(t)s]
    I. adj finger, muscle, person, voice angespannt
    \tense moment spannungsgeladener Moment
    to defuse a \tense situation eine gespannte Lage entschärfen
    II. vt
    to \tense a muscle einen Muskel anspannen
    III. vi muscle, person sich akk [an]spannen
    * * *
    I [tens]
    n (GRAM)
    Zeit f, Tempus nt II
    1. adj (+er)
    rope gespannt, straff; muscles (an)gespannt; neck verspannt; person, expression, bearing (through stress, worry etc) angespannt; (through nervousness, fear etc) verkrampft; voice nervös; silence, atmosphere gespannt; situation (an)gespannt; time gespannt, spannungsgeladen; negotiations spannungsgeladen; relations angespannt; (= thrilling) scene spannungsgeladen

    to make sb tense — jdn in Anspannung versetzen

    I've been feeling rather tense all day — ich bin schon den ganzen Tag so nervös

    in a voice tense with emotion — mit erregter Stimme

    2. vt
    anspannen

    to tense oneself to do sth — sich darauf konzentrieren, etw zu tun

    3. vi
    sich ( an)spannen, sich straffen
    * * *
    tense1 [tens] s LING Tempus n, Zeit (-form) f
    tense2 [tens]
    A adj (adv tensely)
    1. straff, gespannt
    2. fig
    a) (an)gespannt (Person, Nerven etc)
    b) (über)nervös, verkrampft (Person)
    c) spannungsgeladen (Moment etc)
    d) zermürbend (Spiel etc)
    e) gespannt (Lage etc):
    grow less tense sich entspannen
    3. LING gespannt, geschlossen (Laut)
    B v/t (an)spannen, straffen
    C v/i
    1. sich straffen oder (an)spannen
    2. fig (vor Nervosität etc) starr werden, verkrampfen
    t. abk
    1. teaspoon (teaspoonful) TL
    3. tempore, in the time of
    4. LING tense
    5. time
    6. ton ( tons pl) t
    7. LING transitive
    * * *
    I noun
    (Ling.) Zeit, die

    in the present/future etc. tense — im Präsens/Futur usw

    II 1. adjective
    1) (taut; showing nervous tension) gespannt

    a tense silence — eine [an]gespannte Stille

    2) (causing nervous tension) spannungsgeladen
    2. intransitive verb 3. transitive verb
    Phrasal Verbs:
    * * *
    adj.
    angespannt adj.
    gespannt adj.
    nervös adj.
    verkrampft adj.

    English-german dictionary > tense

  • 57 smanjivati se

    • decrease; dwindle; fade; grow down; grow less; lesen

    Serbian-English dictionary > smanjivati se

  • 58 mollear

    v.
    to grow soft and pliable, to soften or to grow less hard, to yield easily.

    Spanish-English dictionary > mollear

  • 59 affievolire

    [affjevo'lire]
    1. vt
    (forze) to weaken, (suoni) to make faint
    (suoni) to grow faint, (passione, affetto) to fade, grow less

    Nuovo dizionario Italiano-Inglese > affievolire

  • 60 lighten

    A vtr
    1 ( make brighter) éclairer [room, surroundings] ; éclaircir [colour, fabric, hair, wood, skin] ;
    2 fig ( make more cheerful) détendre [atmosphere] ; adoucir [mood] ;
    3 ( reduce weight of) alléger [burden, load, luggage, pressure] ; atténuer [rebuke].
    B vi
    1 ( grow brighter) [sky, colour, hair, wood, skin] s'éclaircir ;
    2 ( grow less heavy) [burden, pressure, workload] s'alléger ;
    3 ( become more cheerful) [mood] s'adoucir ; [atmosphere] se détendre ; [expression] s'éclairer ; his heart lightened il s'est senti soulagé.
    ■ lighten up ○ [person] se détendre ; lighten up! laisse-toi vivre ○ !

    Big English-French dictionary > lighten

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