meaning of soften

1. To make soft or more soft.
2.
To render less hard; -- said of matter.
3.
To mollify; to make less fierce or intractable.
4.
To palliate; to represent as less enormous; as, to soften a fault.
5.
To compose; to mitigate; to assuage.
6.
To make less harsh, less rude, less offensive, or less violent, or to render of an opposite quality.
7.
To make less glaring; to tone down; as, to soften the coloring of a picture.
8.
To make tender; to make effeminate; to enervate; as, troops softened by luxury.
9.
To make less harsh or grating, or of a quality the opposite; as, to soften the voice.
10.
To become soft or softened, or less rude, harsh, severe, or obdurate.
11.
become soft or softer; "The bread will soften if you pour some liquid on ">it"


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