soften
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Is soften a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of soften?
Definition
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To make something soft or softer.Examples: "Soften the butter before beating in the sugar."transitive
2. (transitive) To undermine the morale of someone (often soften up).Examples: "Before the invasion, we softened up the enemy with the artillery."transitive
3. (transitive) To make less harshExamples: "Having second thoughts, I softened my criticism."; "I have recently reclad the south-west facing side of my single-storey cottage […]. I now want to plant some climbers of more manageable proportions to soften the building."Synonyms: subdue, tempertransitive
4. (intransitive) To become soft or softerExamples: "The butter softened as it warmed up."intransitive
5. (ambitransitive, phonology) To become or make (a consonant) more lenis, to lenite.ambitransitive
6. (Slavic phonology) To palatalize.
Definition source: Wiktionary