Soften

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

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.