soften

IPA: sˈɑfʌn

(transitive) To make something soft or softer.
(transitive) To undermine the morale of someone (often soften up).
(transitive) To make less harsh
(intransitive) To become soft or softer
(transitive, intransitive, phonology) To become or make (a consonant) more lenis, to lenite.
(Slavic phonology) To palatalize.

Examples of "soften" in Sentences

The pulse will soften the metal.
The soil is tilled to soften the ground.
I want to soften the tone of the article.
Add enough of the broth to soften mixture.
It is meant to soften the force of the retort.
Softening can be both correlative and disjunctive.
Emollients are substances that soften and soothe the skin.
This will make the skin area around the spike soften and dilate.
In the grave also, these words happen to soften the accountability.
Later, the government asked the researchers to soften the conclusions.
Scully glanced over at Mulder in time to see his expression soften into a tender smile.
They're going to have to, I hate to use the word soften but it can't be a hard, hard news cast.
Georgia watched the faintest flush of color spread across Laura’s cheeks, watched her expression soften just a little.
Push a bit harder and you might see her expression soften, and hear her speak of having been compelled, so much so that nothing else had mattered.
I felt my expression soften as I looked over at the boy again, but I also saw his jaw tighten and his eyes narrow at the sight of my sympathy, and so I struggled to conceal it.