hafifletmek, yumuşatmak

Turkish - English

Definition of hafifletmek, yumuşatmak in Turkish English dictionary

water down

To simplify or oversimplify; to make easier; to make less difficult

If you plan to teach this material to children, you may need to water it down.

To dilute; to add water

You need to water down the lemonade a bit more to make it less sweet, dear.

To make weaker

If something such as a proposal, speech, or statement is watered down, it is made much weaker and less forceful, or less likely to make people angry. Proposed legislation affecting bird-keepers has been watered down. see also watered-down = tone down

thin by adding water to; "They watered down the moonshine"

If you water down a substance, for example food or drink, you add water to it to make it weaker. You can water down a glass of wine and make it last twice as long I bought a water-based paint, then decided to water it down even more. = dilute

make less strong or intense; "water down the mixture"

make less strong or intense; "water down the mixture

dilute, make watery; reduce the strength of, make less intense

Hyphenation

ha·fif·let·mek, yu·mu·şat·mak