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(v)
(transitive) To give solace to; comfort; cheer; console.
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(transitive) To relieve the distress or suffering of; to provide comfort to.
(transitive) To comfort (someone) in a time of grief, disappointment, etc.
To appease anger, pacify, gain the good will of.
To make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to dispel (anger or hatred).
(transitive) To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm.
(transitive) To lessen the intensity of, to mitigate or relieve (hunger, emotion, pain, etc.).
(transitive) To calm; to bring peace to; to influence someone who was furious to the point that they become content or at least no longer irate.
(n)
Lack of difficulty; the ability to do something easily.
(transitive) To bring peace to (a place or situation), by ending war, fighting, violence, anger or agitation.
(transitive) To reduce or lessen the severity of a pain or difficulty.
(transitive, of problems or flaws) To reduce, lessen, or decrease and thereby to make less severe or easier to bear.
(intransitive) To rest and become relieved of stress.
A period of rest or soothing.
(transitive) To make something soft or softer.
(in a person) The state of being calm; peacefulness; absence of worry, anger, fear or other strong negative emotion.
(ambitransitive) To decrease in intensity or magnitude.
(transitive) To make less; to diminish; to reduce.
(transitive) To subdue, put down, or silence (someone or something); to force (someone) to submit.
(adj)
With little or no sound; free of disturbing noise.
(transitive) To reduce in size, force, value, amount, or degree.
(intransitive) To fall into a state of calm; to be calm again; to settle down; to become tranquil.
(transitive, figurative) To make less dangerous, tense, or hostile.
(transitive) To assure anew; to restore confidence to; to free from fear or self-doubt.
To compliment someone, often (but not necessarily) insincerely and sometimes to win favour.
(transitive) To spread (something) over or through as in air, water, or other matter, especially by fluid motion or passive means.
(transitive, reflexive) To prepare oneself; to apply one's skill or energies (to some object); to betake.
(informal, of a person) Knowing what to do and how to behave; behaving with effortless and enviable style and panache; considered popular by others.
(intransitive, slang) To relax; to lie back; to take things easy.
An ointment, cream, or balm with soothing, healing, or calming effects.
(transitive) To make sweet to the taste.
(transitive) To calm (a person or animal) or put them to sleep using a tranquilizer dart.
To conclude or resolve (something):
(intransitive) To become quiet.
Not moving; calm.
(archaic) Truth.
(transitive) To disturb; to unsettle; to arouse or irritate from a calm state.
Having an even, smooth surface; smooth
(ambitransitive, rare) To relieve from pain; soothe
(transitive) To calm or soothe (a person).
(obsolete, transitive) To put to sleep, or to quieten.
(of a person or their behaviour) Remaining composed and dignified, and avoiding too much activity or excitement.
(obsolete) To stimulate; to excite.
(transitive or intransitive) To construct by mental labor; to think up; particularly, to produce or create a literary or musical work.
(obsolete, transitive) To quiet.
To soothe (someone) who has had their feathers ruffled; to pacify (someone) who is upset.
(intransitive) To establish a settled lifestyle for oneself, especially by marrying.
(rare, ambitransitive) To make or become calm or calmer.
(transitive, nautical) To deprive (a ship) of wind, so that it cannot move (usually in passive).
Alternative spelling of retranquilize. [(transitive) To tranquilize again.]
Having a texture that lacks friction. Not rough.
(transitive, Commonwealth, UK, Ireland) To make quiet.
(obsolete, transitive) To soothe, assuage, pacify or soften.
Any soothing oil or lotion, especially an aromatic one.
(transitive) To pacify again, to make peaceful a second time.
(transitive) To make quiet or still; calm; pacify.
(transitive) To relieve from strain; to relax.
(uncountable) Determination; will power.
(transitive) To tranquilize again.
(ambitransitive, rare, nonstandard) To make peaceful; calm; quieten
(ambitransitive) To relax; to make quieter or less obtrusive; to make milder.
(transitive) To make untranquil; to disturb the calmness of.
(transitive) To make calm; to calm down.
A period of time before an event occurs; the act of delaying; procrastination; lingering inactivity.
(archaic) To absolve or release (someone) from blame or sin; to forgive, to pardon.
(transitive) To relieve from sadness; to cheer up.
(transitive) To make quiet or still; silence; becalm; bestill.
Alternative form of untranquilize. [(transitive) To make untranquil; to disturb the calmness of.]
(by extension, idiomatic) To appease someone in order to make them more receptive to an idea or proposal.
(rare, transitive) To calm (someone), to pacify.
(transitive, archaic) To pacify; to make peaceful.
(transitive) To spray thoroughly with a hose.
(transitive) To make smooth again.
Alternative spelling of tranquilize. [(transitive) To calm (a person or animal) or put them to sleep using a tranquilizer dart.]
(transitive) To relieve from perspiration; to ease or cool after exercise or toil.
(dialect) Synonym of pacify.
(rare, transitive) To make affable or suave.
(uncountable, of a person or animal) Relief from work or activity by sleeping; sleep.
(transitive) To appease again.
(also figuratively, of food or drink, or its flavour) Matured and smooth, and not acidic, harsh, or sharp.
(transitive) To remove the sourness from; to make no longer sour.
A fine sheer fabric of silk or cotton used in women's neckwear and in ruching.
(transitive, medicine) To diminish the sensibility of; to debilitate; to soothe.
(transitive) To make smooth.
(idiomatic) To calm, appease or quiet a person or situation.
(law) Followed by from or of: to acquit (someone) from a criminal charge; to find (someone) not guilty; to clear.
(transitive) To remove dirt or stains from.
That which is digested; especially, that which is worked over, classified, and arranged under proper heads or titles.
To organize or solve one's personal problems.
(intransitive) To become less excited, intense, or angry.
A village and civil parish in East Hampshire district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU7727).
A sieve.
(transitive, British) To make someone or something become quieter.
(transitive) To make something less cold; to warm up slightly
To sweeten the taste of.
(transitive) To liquify, melt into a fluid.
(intransitive) To relax; to be laid back.