Associations to the word «Lessen»
Noun
- Muscle
- Peril
- Bounty
- Discrimination
- Estrogen
- Threat
- Desire
- Load
- Pollutant
- Influence
- Extent
- Seizure
- Happiness
- Yoga
- Drag
- Damage
- Meditation
- Misfortune
- Responsibility
- Arthritis
- Debt
- Quantity
- Fear
- Settling
- Disposition
- Disease
- Hardship
- Shear
- Render
- Collision
- Obstacle
- Prejudice
- Barrier
- Demand
- Productivity
- Substitution
- Footprint
- Comfort
- Improvement
- Colon
- Trauma
- Eagerness
- Kindness
- Tax
- Cant
- Decline
- Precaution
- Necessary
- Mankind
- Respect
- Effort
- Depression
- Abolition
- Resentment
- Hatred
- Merit
- Negroes
- Impression
- Emission
- Ability
- Measure
- Attempt
- Merger
- Recovery
- Aspiration
- Charter
- Incentive
- Treatment
- Multitude
- Ease
- Delay
Adjective
Wiktionary
LESSEN, verb. (transitive) To make less; to diminish; to reduce.
LESSEN, verb. (intransitive) To become less.
Dictionary definition
LESSEN, verb. Decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper".
LESSEN, verb. Make smaller; "He decreased his staff".
LESSEN, verb. Wear off or die down; "The pain subsided".
Wise words
More wisdom is latent in things as they are than in all the
words men use.