| soften | | |
| v. (perception) | 1. soften | make (images or sounds) soft or softer. |
| ~ change intensity | increase or decrease in intensity. |
| ~ damp, mute, tone down, muffle, dampen, dull | deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping. |
| v. (change) | 2. 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" |
| v. (stative) | 3. relent, soften, yield | give in, as to influence or pressure. |
| ~ truckle | yield to out of weakness. |
| v. (contact) | 4. buffer, cushion, soften | protect from impact.; "cushion the blow" |
| ~ modify | make less severe or harsh or extreme.; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage" |
| v. (communication) | 5. mince, moderate, soften | make less severe or harsh.; "He moderated his tone when the students burst out in tears" |
| ~ 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" |
| v. (change) | 6. soften | make soft or softer.; "This liquid will soften your laundry" |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ mellow | soften, make mellow.; "Age and experience mellowed him over the years" |
| ~ soften | become soft or softer.; "The bread will soften if you pour some liquid on it" |
| ~ mollify | make less rigid or softer. |
| ~ 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" |
| v. (change) | 7. soften | become soft or softer.; "The bread will soften if you pour some liquid on it" |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ mellow | make or grow (more) mellow.; "These apples need to mellow a bit more"; "The sun mellowed the fruit" |
| ~ macerate | become soft or separate and disintegrate as a result of excessive soaking.; "the tissue macerated in the water" |
| thaw | | |
| n. (process) | 1. melt, melting, thaw, thawing | the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid.; "the power failure caused a refrigerator melt that was a disaster"; "the thawing of a frozen turkey takes several hours" |
| ~ heating, warming | the process of becoming warmer; a rising temperature. |
| ~ phase change, phase transition, physical change, state change | a change from one state (solid or liquid or gas) to another without a change in chemical composition. |
| n. (phenomenon) | 2. thaw, thawing, warming | warm weather following a freeze; snow and ice melt.; "they welcomed the spring thaw" |
| ~ atmospheric condition, weather, weather condition, conditions | the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation.; "they were hoping for good weather"; "every day we have weather conditions and yesterday was no exception"; "the conditions were too rainy for playing in the snow" |
| n. (event) | 3. thaw | a relaxation or slackening of tensions or reserve; becoming less hostile.; "the thaw between the United States and Russia has led to increased cooperation in world affairs" |
| ~ loosening, slackening, relaxation | an occurrence of control or strength weakening.; "the relaxation of requirements"; "the loosening of his grip"; "the slackening of the wind" |
| v. (change) | 4. dethaw, dissolve, melt, thaw, unfreeze, unthaw | become or cause to become soft or liquid.; "The sun melted the ice"; "the ice thawed"; "the ice cream melted"; "The heat melted the wax"; "The giant iceberg dissolved over the years during the global warming phase"; "dethaw the meat" |
| ~ deliquesce | melt or become liquid by absorbing moisture from the air.; "this type of salt deliquesces easily" |
| ~ de-ice, defrost, deice | make or become free of frost or ice.; "Defrost the car window" |
| ~ flux, liquify, liquefy | become liquid or fluid when heated.; "the frozen fat liquefied" |
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