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."mindattitudeactionmilitaryChat 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
noun🔗ShareThe process of making something soft."The softening of the clay allowed the artist to shape the figures more easily. "processmaterialconditionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe process of becoming soft."The butter's softening in the warm kitchen made it easy to spread on the toast. "processmaterialconditionphysicsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
