Soften
verb — past tense: softened ; past participle: softened ; present participle: softening ;
- 1.
- (INTRANSITIVE) (To become soft or softer) ឡើងទន់ ជ្រាយ
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) (To make soft or softer, to make or become less resistant, to tone down; to make less loud) បន្ទន់, ធ្វើអោយខ្សោយ, បានស្រាក, បានធូរស្រួល, ឡើងទន់, បន្ថយ, សម្រាល់
Example: Butter softens in the heat, Awnings soften the light, Heat softens iron.soften ground ធ្វើអោយទន់រឺជ្រាយ, soften one's voice បង្អន់, បន្ធូរ - 3.
- (បច្ចេកទេស) ធ្វើអោយទន់ឬជ្រាយបន្ទន់
- 4.
- (វេជ្ជសាស្ត្រ) ធ្វើឲ្យទន់
- soften up
- ធ្វើឲ្យចុះខ្សោយ
- ធ្វើអោយខ្សោយ, ធ្វើអោយលែងអាច
ENGLISH MEANING
verb — past tense: softened ; past participle: softened ; present participle: softening ;
- 1.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To become soft or softened, or less rude, harsh, severe, or obdurate.
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) To mollify; to make less fierce or intractable.
- 3.
- (TRANSITIVE) To palliate; to represent as less enormous; as, to soften a fault.
- 4.
- (TRANSITIVE) To compose; to mitigate; to assuage.
- 5.
- (TRANSITIVE) To make less harsh, less rude, less offensive, or less violent, or to render of an opposite quality.
- 6.
- (TRANSITIVE) To make less glaring; to tone down; as, to soften the coloring of a picture.
- 7.
- (TRANSITIVE) To make soft or more soft.
- 8.
- (TRANSITIVE) To render less hard; -- said of matter.
- 9.
- (TRANSITIVE) To make tender; to make effeminate; to enervate; as, troops softened by luxury.
- 10.
- (TRANSITIVE) To make less harsh or grating, or of a quality the opposite; as, to soften the voice.