| pacifier | | |
| n. (person) | 1. conciliator, make-peace, pacifier, peacemaker, reconciler | someone who tries to bring peace. |
| ~ go-between, intercessor, intermediary, intermediator, mediator | a negotiator who acts as a link between parties. |
| ~ appeaser | someone who tries to bring peace by acceding to demands.; "An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile--hoping it will eat him last" |
| n. (artifact) | 2. pacifier | anything that serves to pacify. |
| ~ thing | an entity that is not named specifically.; "I couldn't tell what the thing was" |
| n. (artifact) | 3. baby's dummy, comforter, pacifier, teething ring | device used for an infant to suck or bite on. |
| ~ device | an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose.; "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"; "a device intended to conserve water" |
| weaken | | |
| v. (change) | 1. weaken | lessen the strength of.; "The fever weakened his body" |
| ~ de-energise, de-energize | deprive of energy. |
| ~ break | weaken or destroy in spirit or body.; "His resistance was broken"; "a man broken by the terrible experience of near-death" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| ~ devitalise, devitalize | sap of life or energy.; "The recession devitalized the economy" |
| ~ shake | undermine or cause to waver.; "my faith has been shaken"; "The bad news shook her hopes" |
| ~ weaken | become weaker.; "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days" |
| ~ depress | lessen the activity or force of.; "The rising inflation depressed the economy" |
| ~ unbrace | remove a brace or braces from. |
| ~ etiolate | make weak by stunting the growth or development of. |
| ~ cripple, stultify | deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless.; "This measure crippled our efforts"; "Their behavior stultified the boss's hard work" |
| ~ dilute, thin, thin out, reduce, cut | lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture.; "cut bourbon" |
| ~ attenuate, rarefy | weaken the consistency of (a chemical substance). |
| ~ blunt | make less intense.; "blunted emotions" |
| ~ mollify, season, temper | make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate.; "she tempered her criticism" |
| ~ debilitate, enfeeble, drain | make weak.; "Life in the camp drained him" |
| ~ enervate | weaken mentally or morally. |
| ~ dampen | reduce the amplitude (of oscillations or waves). |
| ~ neutralize, neutralise, nullify, negate | make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of.; "Her optimism neutralizes his gloom"; "This action will negate the effect of my efforts" |
| ~ castrate, emasculate | deprive of strength or vigor.; "The Senate emasculated the law" |
| ~ wash out | deplete of strength or vitality.; "The illness washed her out" |
| v. (change) | 2. weaken | become weaker.; "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days" |
| ~ decrease, diminish, lessen, fall | decrease in size, extent, or range.; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper" |
| ~ attenuate | become weaker, in strength, value, or magnitude. |
| ~ disappear, evaporate, melt | become less intense and fade away gradually.; "her resistance melted under his charm"; "her hopes evaporated after years of waiting for her fiance" |
| ~ die down | become progressively weaker.; "the laughter died down" |
| ~ collapse | lose significance, effectiveness, or value.; "The school system is collapsing"; "The stock market collapsed" |
| ~ fade, melt | become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly.; "The scene begins to fade"; "The tree trunks are melting into the forest at dusk" |
| ~ subside, lessen | wear off or die down.; "The pain subsided" |
| ~ slur, dim, blur | become vague or indistinct.; "The distinction between the two theories blurred" |
| ~ languish, pine away, waste | lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief.; "After her husband died, she just pined away" |
| ~ dull | make less lively or vigorous.; "Middle age dulled her appetite for travel" |
| ~ pall | lose strength or effectiveness; become or appear boring, insipid, or tiresome (to).; "the course palled on her" |
| ~ relax, loose, loosen | become loose or looser or less tight.; "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed" |
| ~ slacken | become looser or slack.; "the rope slackened" |
| ~ slacken, slow up, slow, slow down, slack | become slow or slower.; "Production slowed" |
| ~ wilt | lose strength.; "My opponent was wilting" |
| v. (social) | 3. counteract, countermine, sabotage, subvert, undermine, weaken | destroy property or hinder normal operations.; "The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war" |
| ~ derail | cause to run off the tracks.; "they had planned to derail the trains that carried atomic waste" |
| ~ disobey | refuse to go along with; refuse to follow; be disobedient.; "He disobeyed his supervisor and was fired" |
| v. (change) | 4. de-escalate, step down, weaken | reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of.; "de-escalate a crisis" |
| ~ minify, decrease, lessen | make smaller.; "He decreased his staff" |
| v. (change) | 5. break, damp, dampen, soften, weaken | lessen in force or effect.; "soften a shock"; "break a fall" |
| ~ blunt, deaden | make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation.; "Terror blunted her feelings"; "deaden a sound" |
| ~ deafen | make soundproof.; "deafen a room" |
| ~ deaden, damp, dampen | make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible.; "muffle the message" |
| whistle | | |
| n. (event) | 1. whistle, whistling | the sound made by something moving rapidly or by steam coming out of a small aperture. |
| ~ sound | the sudden occurrence of an audible event.; "the sound awakened them" |
| n. (communication) | 2. whistle, whistling | the act of signalling (e.g., summoning) by whistling or blowing a whistle.; "the whistle signalled the end of the game" |
| ~ signal, signaling, sign | any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message.; "signals from the boat suddenly stopped" |
| n. (artifact) | 3. whistle | a small wind instrument that produces a whistling sound by blowing into it. |
| ~ wind instrument, wind | a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath. |
| n. (artifact) | 4. whistle | acoustic device that forces air or steam against an edge or into a cavity and so produces a loud shrill sound. |
| ~ acoustic device | a device for amplifying or transmitting sound. |
| ~ boat whistle | a whistle on a boat that is sounded as a warning. |
| ~ factory whistle | a whistle at a factory that is sounded to announce times for starting or stopping work. |
| ~ signaling device | a device used to send signals. |
| ~ steam whistle | a whistle in which the sound is produced by steam; usually attached to a steam boiler. |
| n. (artifact) | 5. pennywhistle, tin whistle, whistle | an inexpensive fipple flute. |
| ~ fipple flute, fipple pipe, vertical flute, recorder | a tubular wind instrument with 8 finger holes and a fipple mouthpiece. |
| v. (perception) | 6. whistle | make whistling sounds.; "He lay there, snoring and whistling" |
| ~ sound, go | make a certain noise or sound.; "She went `Mmmmm'"; "The gun went `bang'" |
| v. (motion) | 7. whistle | move with, or as with, a whistling sound.; "The bullets whistled past him" |
| ~ go, locomote, move, travel | change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically.; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" |
| v. (communication) | 8. whistle | utter or express by whistling.; "She whistled a melody" |
| ~ communicate, intercommunicate | transmit thoughts or feelings.; "He communicated his anxieties to the psychiatrist" |
| v. (motion) | 9. whistle | move, send, or bring as if by whistling.; "Her optimism whistled away these worries" |
| ~ move, displace | cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense.; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" |
| v. (communication) | 10. sing, whistle | make a whining, ringing, or whistling sound.; "the kettle was singing"; "the bullet sang past his ear" |
| ~ sound, go | make a certain noise or sound.; "She went `Mmmmm'"; "The gun went `bang'" |
| v. (communication) | 11. whistle | give a signal by whistling.; "She whistled for her maid" |
| ~ signal, signalise, signalize, sign | communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs.; "He signed his disapproval with a dismissive hand gesture"; "The diner signaled the waiters to bring the menu" |
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