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soften - make soft or softer; "This liquid will soften your laundry" |
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harden,
indurate become hard or harder; "The wax hardened"
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alter,
change,
modify remove the ovaries of; "Is your cat spayed?"
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mellow make or grow (more) mellow; "These apples need to mellow a bit more"; "The sun mellowed the fruit"
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mollify make less rigid or softer
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macerate soften, usually by steeping in liquid, and cause to disintegrate as a result; "macerate peaches"; "the gizzards macerates the food in the digestive system"
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soften - become soft or softer; "The bread will soften if you pour some liquid on it" |
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harden,
indurate become hard or harder; "The wax hardened"
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change undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"
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mellow make or grow (more) mellow; "These apples need to mellow a bit more"; "The sun mellowed the fruit"
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macerate soften, usually by steeping in liquid, and cause to disintegrate as a result; "macerate peaches"; "the gizzards macerates the food in the digestive system"
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soften - make (images or sounds) soft or softer |
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sharpen become sharp or sharper; "The debate sharpened"
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change intensity increase or decrease in intensity
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damp,
dampen,
dull,
muffle,
mute,
tone down restrain or discourage; "the sudden bad news damped the joyous atmosphere"
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