To become less in amount or intensity; SYN. let up, slack off, die away.
Law, end (a nuisance); Law, abandon (an action).

1. To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm.
2. To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate.

ETYM French battre des ailes to flutter. Related to Bait to flutter.
(Homonym: bait).
1. To flap the wings wildly or frantically; used of falcons.
2. To moderate or restrain; lessen the force of.
3. To soak in a special solution to soften and remove chemicals used in previous treatments.

1. To decrease in size, extent, or range; SYN. diminish, lessen, fall.
2. To make smaller; SYN. lessen, minify.

1. To lessen
2. To make smaller; SYN. scale down.
3. To make less complex; SYN. simplify.
4. To narrow or limit; SYN. tighten.
5. To lower in grade or rank; force somebody into an unpleasant situation.
6. To cut down on; make a reduction in; SYN. cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down.
7. To bring to humbler or weaker state or condition
8. To simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another.
9. To take off weight; SYN. melt off, lose weight, slim, slenderize, thin, slim down.
10. To reposition back to its normal site, as of a broken bone, in surgery.
11. To undergo meiosis
12. To cook until very little liquid is left, as of sauces; SYN. boil down, concentrate. + prikaži više