abate

«abate» in Mova's school dictionary: to become less strong or less in amount: «The storm abated.» — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (abate, abates, abated, abating)

meaning for a pupil

1) To abate means to become less strong or less in amount: «The storm abated.» tree →

2) (formal, law) To abate something means to make it less or put an end to it: «abate the noise». tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories and weather reports, storms, winds, floods and pain abate; the word tells the reader the danger is passing. In formal writing and exams, it is a stiff word for «die down». In law, a council can order a nuisance (noise, smoke) to be abated. Phrases: «the storm abated», «show no signs of abating», «unabated» (still as strong).

examples

• We waited in the hut until the storm abated. tree →
• The floods began to abate after three days. tree →
• Her fever abated during the night. tree →
• The noise from the party showed no signs of abating. tree →
• When the wind abated, the boats sailed out again. tree →
• The fighting continued unabated. tree →
• By this time the storm was much abated. tree →

note

Regular verb: abated, abating. Formal; in everyday talk say «die down», «ease off». Opposite: increase, grow. «Unabated» means not getting weaker.

In the corpora

• And he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground.
• And the people cried unto Moses; and Moses prayed unto the LORD, and the fire abated.
• And Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «abate» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.