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softening    音标拼音: [s'ɔfənɪŋ] [s'ɔfnɪŋ]
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softening
adj 1: having a softening or soothing effect especially to the
skin [synonym: {demulcent}, {emollient}, {salving},
{softening}]
n 1: the process of becoming softer; "refrigeration delayed the
softening of the fruit"; "he observed the softening of iron
by heat"

Softening \Sof"ten*ing\,
a. & n. from {Soften}, v.
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{Softening of the brain}, or {Cerebral softening} (Med.), a
localized softening of the brain substance, due to
hemorrhage or inflammation. Three varieties, distinguished
by their color and representing different stages of the
morbid process, are known respectively as red, yellow, and
white, softening.
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Soften \Sof"ten\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Softened}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Softening}.]
To make soft or more soft. Specifically:
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(a) To render less hard; -- said of matter.
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Their arrow's point they soften in the flame.
--Gay.
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(b) To mollify; to make less fierce or intractable.
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Diffidence conciliates the proud, and softens the
severe. --Rambler.
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(c) To palliate; to represent as less enormous; as, to soften
a fault.
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(d) To compose; to mitigate; to assuage.
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Music can soften pain to ease. --Pope.
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(e) To make calm and placid.
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All that cheers or softens life. --Pope.
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(f) To make less harsh, less rude, less offensive, or less
violent, or to render of an opposite quality.
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He bore his great commision in his look,
But tempered awe, and softened all he spoke.
--Dryden.
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(g) To make less glaring; to tone down; as, to soften the
coloring of a picture.
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(h) To make tender; to make effeminate; to enervate; as,
troops softened by luxury.
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(i) To make less harsh or grating, or of a quality the
opposite; as, to soften the voice.
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126 Moby Thesaurus words for "softening":
abatement, abating, allaying, allayment, alleviating, alleviation,
alleviative, allowance, altering, analgesia, analgesic, anesthesia,
anesthetic, anesthetizing, anodyne, appeasement, assuagement,
assuaging, assuasive, attenuation, attrition, balmy, balsamic,
benumbing, blunting, bounding, calming, cathartic, chastening,
cleansing, color, cushioning, dampening, damping, deadening,
debilitation, decontamination, demulcent, demulsion,
devitalization, dilution, diminishing, diminishment, diminution,
dulcification, dulling, ease, easement, easing, effemination,
emollient, enervation, enfeeblement, evisceration, exhaustion,
extenuating, extenuating circumstances, extenuation, extenuative,
extenuatory, falling-off, fatigue, gilding, gloss, hushing,
inanition, languishment, laxation, leniency, lenitive, lessening,
letdown, letup, lightening, limitative, limiting, loosening,
lulling, mellowing, mitigating, mitigation, mitigative, mitigatory,
modificatory, modifying, modulation, modulatory, mollification,
mollifying, numbing, pacification, padding, pain-killing,
palliation, palliative, purgative, qualification, qualificative,
qualificatory, qualifying, quietening, quieting, reducing,
reduction, relaxation, relaxing, relief, relieving, remedial,
remedy, remission, restricting, restrictive, salving, slackening,
softening-up, soothing, subduement, subduing, tempering, thinning,
tranquilization, varnish, weakening, whitewash, whitewashing


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  • SOFTENING Synonyms: 169 Similar and Opposite Words - Merriam-Webster
    Synonyms for SOFTENING: emollient, lenient, merciful, easy, compassionate, buffering, cushioning, smooth; Antonyms of SOFTENING: hard, harsh, caustic, rough, coarse, powerful, severe, abrasive
  • SOFTENING | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
    SOFTENING definition: 1 that has stopped increasing or that is falling: 2 a lack of increase or a reduction in the… Learn more
  • Water softening - Wikipedia
    Water softening is the removal of calcium, magnesium, and certain other metal cations in hard water The resulting soft water requires less soap for the same cleaning effort, as soap is not wasted bonding with calcium ions
  • Softening - definition of softening by The Free Dictionary
    softening - the process of becoming softer; "refrigeration delayed the softening of the fruit"; "he observed the softening of iron by heat"
  • SOFTEN definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
    If you soften something or if it softens, it becomes less hard, stiff, or firm Soften the butter mixture in a small saucepan [VERB noun] Fry for about 4 minutes, until the onion has softened [VERB] If one thing softens the damaging effect of another thing, it makes the effect less severe
  • Water softening | Definition, Process, Results | Britannica
    Water softening is achieved either by adding chemicals that form insoluble precipitates or by ion exchange On a small scale, chemicals used for softening include ammonia, borax, calcium hydroxide (slaked lime), or trisodium phosphate, usually in conjunction with sodium carbonate (soda ash)
  • What does softening mean? - Definitions. net
    Softening is a numerical trick used in N-body techniques to prevent numerical divergences when a particle comes too close to another This is obtained by modifying the gravitational potential of each particle as where is the softening parameter
  • Softening - Definition, Meaning Synonyms - Vocabulary. com
    DISCLAIMER: These example sentences appear in various news sources and books to reflect the usage of the word ‘softening' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Vocabulary com or its editors
  • Water Softening - Penn State Extension
    But the reality is that water softening simply removes hardness minerals and eliminates problems that are a nuisance and not a threat to human health The decision "to soften or not to soften" is a matter of personal preference not necessity
  • SOFTENING Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
    The meaning of SOFTEN is to make soft or softer How to use soften in a sentence





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