allay
v.
relieve; calm; alleviate pain; alleviate fear
allay
Verb
1. lessen the intensity of or calm; "The news eased my conscience"; "still the fears"
(synonym) still, relieve, ease
(hypernym) comfort, soothe, console, solace
(hyponym) abreact
(derivation) reliever, allayer, comforter
2. satisfy (thirst); "The cold water quenched his thirst"
(synonym) quench, slake, assuage
(hypernym) meet, satisfy, fill, fulfill, fulfil
(entail) consume, ingest, take in, take, have
Allay
(v. t.)
To mix (metals); to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to deteriorate.
(v. t.)
To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm; as, to allay popular excitement; to allay the tumult of the passions.
(v. t.)
To diminish in strength; to abate; to subside.
(v. t.)
To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate; as, to allay the severity of affliction or the bitterness of adversity.
(n.)
Alloy.
(n.)
Alleviation; abatement; check.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
allay
v.a.
مندا کرنا , دھيما کرنا , ہلکا کرنا (ہوا کا) , کم کرنا , آرام دينا , تخفيف کرنا (درد ميں) , بٹھانا , اُتارنا , دبانا (آندھي کا)
allay thirst
پياس بجھانا
calm
adj.
1. quiet , still
سنسان , چپ چاپ , ٹھيرا ہوا , خاموش , اِستھر , تِھر , کھلا , ہوا بستہ
In a calm sea every one is a pilot. (Prov.)
ٹھيرے پاني ميں ہر کوئي کھويّا
Now all is calm and fresh and still. (Bryant)
سہانا و سنسان ہے سب سماں
2. composed
calm , calmness
n.
تِھر , مطمئن , دل جمع
1.
ستھر تائي , قرار , قيام
2. (calm repose)
آرام , راحت , سکھ
a calm before a storm
آندھي پہلے تھر
calm
v. adj.
see Allay
allay
Synonyms and related words:
abate, alleviate, anesthetize, appease, assuage, attemper, balm, bank the fire, benumb, blunt, calm, chasten, cloy, compose, conciliate, constrain, control, cool, cram, cushion, damp, dampen, de-emphasize, deaden, deaden the pain, defuse, deliver, diminish, disburden, disembarrass, disencumber, downplay, dulcify, dull, ease, ease matters, engorge, extenuate, feast, feed, fill, fill up, foment, free, give relief, glut, gorge, gratify, jade, keep within bounds, lay, lay the dust, lenify, lessen, lighten, lull, mitigate, moderate, modulate, mollify, numb, obtund, overdose, overfeed, overfill, overgorge, oversaturate, overstuff, pacify, pad, pall, palliate, placate, play down, poultice, pour balm into, pour balm on, pour oil on, propitiate, quench, quiet, quieten, reduce, reduce the temperature, regale, release, relieve, restrain, salve, sate, satiate, satisfy, saturate, settle, slacken, slake, slow down, smooth, smooth down, smooth over, smother, sober, sober down, soften, soothe, stifle, still, stuff, stupe, subdue, supersaturate, suppress, surfeit, tame, temper, tone down, tranquilize, tune down, underplay, weaken,
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.