verb🔗ShareTo make something soft or softer."Soften the butter before beating in the sugar."materialconditionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo undermine the morale of someone (often soften up)."Before the invasion, we softened up the enemy with the artillery."mindattitudemoralChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo make less harsh"Having second thoughts, I softened my criticism."attitudecharactermindChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo become soft or softer"The butter softened as it warmed up."materialconditionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareMade soft."The softened butter was easy to spread on the toast. "materialappearanceconditionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareAspirated."The professor noticed the student's softened "p" sound, characteristic of their regional accent. "phoneticslanguagewordChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
