soften

yumuşatmak, yumuşamak

Bir şeyi daha az sert hale getirmek veya kendiliğinden daha az sert hale gelmek.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To make something less hard, or to become less hard.

• Warm water will soften the clay.
• The butter softened on the kitchen counter.
• Cook the onions until they soften.

Zıt anlamlılar: harden

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: soften butter, soften the leather, soften the skin

yumuşatmak, hafifletmek

Sözlerin, seslerin, duyguların veya davranışların şiddetini, sertliğini ya da rahatsız edici etkisini azaltmak.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To make words, sounds, feelings, or actions less strong, severe, or unpleasant.

• She softened her voice.
• He tried to soften the criticism with a smile.
• The extra payment softened the blow of losing her job.

Eş anlamlılar: ease, moderate, tone down

Zıt anlamlılar: intensify

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: soften the blow, soften your tone, soften the criticism

direncini kırmak, zayıflatmak

Birinin özgüvenini veya direncini azaltarak onu yenmeyi ya da ikna etmeyi kolaylaştırmak.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To weaken someone's confidence or resistance so they are easier to defeat or persuade.

• The attacks softened the enemy's resistance.
• They used constant pressure to soften the prisoners up.
• Weeks of bombing had softened up the defending troops.

Nasıl kullanılır: soften someone up (The bombardment was intended to soften the enemy up.)

Eş anlamlılar: weaken, wear down

Zıt anlamlılar: strengthen

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: soften someone up, soften the enemy