| slovo | definícia |
weakening
(encz) | weakening,ochabnutí n: Zdeněk Brož |
weakening
(encz) | weakening,oslabení n: Zdeněk Brož |
weakening
(gcide) | moderating \moderating\ adj.
lessening in intensity or strength. Opposite of
intensifying. [Narrower terms: tempering; weakening]
[WordNet 1.5] |
Weakening
(gcide) | Weaken \Weak"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Weakened; p. pr. & vb.
n. Weakening.]
[1913 Webster]
1. To make weak; to lessen the strength of; to deprive of
strength; to debilitate; to enfeeble; to enervate; as, to
weaken the body or the mind; to weaken the hands of a
magistrate; to weaken the force of an objection or an
argument.
[1913 Webster]
Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it
be not done. --Neh. vi. 9.
[1913 Webster]
2. To reduce in quality, strength, or spirit; as, to weaken
tea; to weaken any solution or decoction.
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weakening
(wn) | weakening
adj 1: causing debilitation [syn: debilitative, enervating,
enfeebling, weakening]
2: moderating by making pain or sorrow weaker
n 1: becoming weaker [ant: strengthening]
2: the act of reducing the strength of something [ant:
strengthening] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
weakening
(encz) | weakening,ochabnutí n: Zdeněk Brožweakening,oslabení n: Zdeněk Brož |
weakening
(gcide) | moderating \moderating\ adj.
lessening in intensity or strength. Opposite of
intensifying. [Narrower terms: tempering; weakening]
[WordNet 1.5]Weaken \Weak"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Weakened; p. pr. & vb.
n. Weakening.]
[1913 Webster]
1. To make weak; to lessen the strength of; to deprive of
strength; to debilitate; to enfeeble; to enervate; as, to
weaken the body or the mind; to weaken the hands of a
magistrate; to weaken the force of an objection or an
argument.
[1913 Webster]
Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it
be not done. --Neh. vi. 9.
[1913 Webster]
2. To reduce in quality, strength, or spirit; as, to weaken
tea; to weaken any solution or decoction.
[1913 Webster] |
weakening
(wn) | weakening
adj 1: causing debilitation [syn: debilitative, enervating,
enfeebling, weakening]
2: moderating by making pain or sorrow weaker
n 1: becoming weaker [ant: strengthening]
2: the act of reducing the strength of something [ant:
strengthening] |
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