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soften

  • 1 soften

    ['sofn]
    verb (to make or become soft or softer, less strong or less painful: The thick walls softened the noise of the explosion.) sušvelninti, sušvelnėti

    English-Lithuanian dictionary > soften

  • 2 break

    [breik] 1. past tense - broke; verb
    1) (to divide into two or more parts (by force).) laužyti, daužyti
    2) ((usually with off/away) to separate (a part) from the whole (by force).) nudaužti, nulaužti
    3) (to make or become unusable.) sugadinti, sugesti
    4) (to go against, or not act according to (the law etc): He broke his appointment at the last minute.) (su)laužyti, nusižengti
    5) (to do better than (a sporting etc record).) įveikti, viršyti, pagerinti
    6) (to interrupt: She broke her journey in London.) pertraukti
    7) (to put an end to: He broke the silence.) nutraukti, pabaigti
    8) (to make or become known: They gently broke the news of his death to his wife.) pranešti
    9) ((of a boy's voice) to fall in pitch.) užlūžti, mutuoti
    10) (to soften the effect of (a fall, the force of the wind etc).) sušvelninti
    11) (to begin: The storm broke before they reached shelter.) prasidėti
    2. noun
    1) (a pause: a break in the conversation.) pertrauka
    2) (a change: a break in the weather.) pasikeitimas
    3) (an opening.) spraga, plyšys
    4) (a chance or piece of (good or bad) luck: This is your big break.) proga, galimybė
    3. noun
    ((usually in plural) something likely to break.) dūžtantys daiktai
    - breaker
    - breakdown
    - break-in
    - breakneck
    - breakout
    - breakthrough
    - breakwater
    - break away
    - break down
    - break into
    - break in
    - break loose
    - break off
    - break out
    - break out in
    - break the ice
    - break up
    - make a break for it

    English-Lithuanian dictionary > break

  • 3 soft

    [soft]
    1) (not hard or firm; easily changing shape when pressed: a soft cushion.) minkštas
    2) (pleasantly smooth to the touch: The dog has a soft, silky coat.) švelnus
    3) (not loud: a soft voice.) švelnus
    4) ((of colour) not bright or harsh: a soft pink.) neryškus, švelnus
    5) (not strict (enough): You are too soft with him.) minkštas, nuolaidus
    6) ((of a drink) not alcoholic: At the party they were serving soft drinks as well as wine and spirits.) nealkoholinis
    7) (childishly weak, timid or silly: Don't be so soft - the dog won't hurt you.) bailus
    - softness
    - soften
    - soft-boiled
    - soft-hearted
    - soft-spoken
    - software
    - softwood
    - have a soft spot for

    English-Lithuanian dictionary > soft

  • 4 temper

    ['tempə] 1. noun
    1) (a state of mind; a mood or humour: He's in a bad temper.) nuotaika
    2) (a tendency to become (unpleasant when) angry: He has a terrible temper.) charakteris, būdas
    3) (a state of anger: She's in a temper.) įsiūtis, pyktis
    2. verb
    1) (to bring metal to the right degree of hardness by heating and cooling: The steel must be carefully tempered.) grūdinti
    2) (to soften or make less severe: One must try to temper justice with mercy.) sušvelninti
    - keep one's temper
    - lose one's temper

    English-Lithuanian dictionary > temper

См. также в других словарях:

  • soften up — 1. To lessen resistance in (informal) 2. To wear down by continuous shelling and bombing • • • Main Entry: ↑soft * * * ˌsoften ˈup [transitive] [present tense …   Useful english dictionary

  • Soften — Sof ten, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Softened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Softening}.] To make soft or more soft. Specifically: [1913 Webster] (a) To render less hard; said of matter. [1913 Webster] Their arrow s point they soften in the flame. Gay. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Søften — is a small Danish town in Jutland, about three kilometers south of Hinnerup and just outside Aarhus. The population of Søften was 2227 at last count (2004).HistoryArchaeologists have found evidence of people living where Søften was later built as …   Wikipedia

  • soften — UK US /ˈsɒfən/ verb ► [I] FINANCE, STOCK MARKET if demand, a price, a market, etc. softens, it stops increasing or it goes down: »Share prices softened with continued worries about the country s economic recovery. »Although demand softened again… …   Financial and business terms

  • soften up — soften (someone/something) up to weaken someone or something. Constant bombing was designed to soften the enemy up and weaken him. The ads were just a way to soften up public opinion to accept a big price increase …   New idioms dictionary

  • soften — ► VERB 1) make or become soft or softer. 2) (often soften up) undermine the resistance of. DERIVATIVES softener noun …   English terms dictionary

  • Soften — Sof ten, v. i. To become soft or softened, or less rude, harsh, severe, or obdurate. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • soften — index allay, alleviate, assuage, commute, ease, extenuate, give (yield), mitigate …   Law dictionary

  • soften — (v.) late 14c., to mitigate, diminish, from SOFT (Cf. soft) (adj.). Meaning to make physically soft is from 1520s; intrans. sense of to become softer is attested from 1610s. Related: Softened; softening …   Etymology dictionary

  • soften — [v] calm, soothe abate, allay, alleviate, appease, assuage, become tender, bend, cushion, diminish, disintegrate, dissolve, ease, enfeeble, give, knead, lessen, lighten, lower, mash, mellow, melt, mitigate, moderate, modify, moisten, mollify,… …   New thesaurus

  • soften — [sôf′ən, säf′ən] vt., vi. [ME softnen: see SOFT & EN] 1. to make or become soft or softer 2. to weaken the resistance or opposition of …   English World dictionary

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