pahinayan : Binisaya - Cebuano to English Dictionary and Thesaurus.

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Word:

Word - rootword - affixes
pahinayan - pahinay - -an~
pa.hi.na.yan. - 4 syllables

-an = pahinayan
pahinayan

pahinayan :	tone down (v.)
pahinay :	decelerate (v.)
hinay [hí.nay.] :	slow (adj.); sluggish (adj.)

Derivatives of pahinay

Glosses:

tone down
v. (perception)	1. damp, dampen, dull, muffle, mute, tone down	deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping.
	~ soften	make (images or sounds) soft or softer.
v. (communication)	2. moderate, tame, tone down	make less strong or intense; soften.; "Tone down that aggressive letter"; "The author finally tamed some of his potentially offensive statements"
	~ 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"
sluggish
adj.	1. sluggish, sulky	moving slowly.; "a sluggish stream"
	~ slow	not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time.; "a slow walker"; "the slow lane of traffic"; "her steps were slow"; "he was slow in reacting to the news"; "slow but steady growth"
adj.	2. dull, slow, sluggish	(of business) not active or brisk.; "business is dull (or slow)"; "a sluggish market"
	~ business enterprise, business, commercial enterprise	the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects.; "computers are now widely used in business"
	~ inactive	lacking activity; lying idle or unused.; "an inactive mine"; "inactive accounts"; "inactive machinery"
adj.	3. inert, sluggish, soggy, torpid	slow and apathetic.; "she was fat and inert"; "a sluggish worker"; "a mind grown torpid in old age"
	~ inactive	not active physically or mentally.; "illness forced him to live an inactive life"; "dreamy and inactive by nature"