What is the meaning of SOFTENING. Phrases containing SOFTENING
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Slangs & AI derived meanings
Shoot one's mouth off is slang for to talk indiscreetly; to boast or exaggerate.
GO to Tim Horton's . as in "I'm going on a Timmies Run" .
Boots. You can't go out in the rain without your daisies.
To knock someone senseless or to shock him completely. Old Joe knocked him into a cocked hat.
PCP
American cheese
Electronic jamming intended to deceive radar.
Lube is slang for lubrication.
Your heart
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a.
Having the quality of softening or mitigating, as pain or acrimony; assuasive; emollient.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Soften
n.
A softening or mollifying.
n.
A mixture of oil and tallow used in softening and dressing leather.
n.
The act or process of intenerating, or the state of being intenerated; softening.
n.
The act of softening by mixing with a thinner substance; the formation of ingredients into a mass for pills or plasters.
a.
Relaxing; emollient; softening; assuasive; -- sometimes followed by of.
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Softening; milklike.
v. t.
To dress and prepare, as the skins of sheep, lambs, goats, and kids, for gloves, and the like, by imbuing them with alum, salt, and other agents, for softening and bleaching them.
a.
Softening; relaxing.
v. t.
To expose to the action of steam; to apply steam to for softening, dressing, or preparing; as, to steam wood; to steamcloth; to steam food, etc.
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Mollifying; softening.
n.
The act of softening or relaxing; relaxation.
n.
A cushion for terminating or softening a note made by a stringed instrument with a keyboard.
n.
A diminution or softening of statement for the sake of avoiding censure or increasing the effect by contrast with the moderation shown in the form of expression; as, " a citizen of no mean city," that is, of an illustrious city.
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Softening; making supple; acting as an emollient.
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The act of softening, breaking, or yielding.
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The act of mollifying, or the state of being mollified; a softening.
v. t.
To cause or suffer to lie in a fluid till the substance has imbibed what it can contain; to macerate in water or other liquid; to steep, as for the purpose of softening or freshening; as, to soak cloth; to soak bread; to soak salt meat, salt fish, or the like.
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