"softened" meaning in English

See softened in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈsɒfənd/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈsɔfənd/ [General-American], /ˈsɑfənd/ [Canada, General-American, cot-caught-merger] Forms: more softened [comparative], most softened [superlative]
enPR: sŏf′ənd, sôf′ənd Head templates: {{en-adj}} softened (comparative more softened, superlative most softened)
  1. Made soft.
    Sense id: en-softened-en-adj-CRO5wpxl
  2. (linguistics) aspirated. Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-softened-en-adj-MOobjhSA Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Verb

IPA: /ˈsɒfənd/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈsɔfənd/ [General-American], /ˈsɑfənd/ [Canada, General-American, cot-caught-merger]
enPR: sŏf′ənd, sôf′ənd Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} softened
  1. simple past and past participle of soften Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: soften
    Sense id: en-softened-en-verb-ZVJGsxG9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 14 81

Download JSON data for softened meaning in English (2.1kB)

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