abate
n.
(To decrease subside decline)
Example: After the storm the wind abated, The price was abated.
v.past tense: abated ; past participle: abated ; present participle: abating ;
(To decrease subside decline)
Example: After the storm the wind abated, The price was abated.
ENGLISH MEANING
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) To beat down; to overthrow.
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) To bring down or reduce from a higher to a lower state, number, or degree; to lessen; to diminish; to contract; to moderate; to cut short; as, to abate a demand; to abate pride, zeal, hope.
- 3.
- (TRANSITIVE) To deduct; to omit; as, to abate something from a price.
- 4.
- (TRANSITIVE) To reduce in estimation; to deprive.
- 5.
- (TRANSITIVE) To bring entirely down or put an end to; to do away with; as, to abate a nuisance, to abate a writ.
- 6.
- (TRANSITIVE) To diminish; to reduce. Legacies are liable to be abated entirely or in proportion, upon a deficiency of assets.
- 7.
- (TRANSITIVE) To decrease, or become less in strength or violence; as, pain abates, a storm abates.
- 8.
- (TRANSITIVE) To be defeated, or come to naught; to fall through; to fail; as, a writ abates.
abase
n.
~ (oneself / somebody) (to humble, or humiliate) abase principle
~ (oneself / somebody) (to humble, or humiliate) abase principle
ENGLISH MEANING
v.- 1.
- To lower or depress; to throw or cast down; as, to abase the eye.
- 2.
- To cast down or reduce low or lower, as in rank, office, condition in life, or estimation of worthiness; to depress; to humble; to degrade.
abandon
n.
1- ~ (somebody / something) (to give up altogether) abandon a child,
- a baby abandoned by his parents (ទុកទារកចោល),
- an abandoned car (រថយន្តទុកចោល)
Example: He abandoned himself to despair.
v.
Example: Surrender, relinguish a property or rights
2- ~ ឈប់ធ្វើអ្វីមួយ
- He urged people who smoke to abandon the habit. បោះបង់ចោលទម្លាប់ជក់បារី។
3- ~ oneself to sth បណ្ដោយខ្លួន
-He abandoned himself to despair បណ្ដោយខ្លួនឲ្យធ្លាក់ក្នុងសភាពអស់សង្ឃឹម។
- v.
1- ~ (somebody / something) (to give up altogether) abandon a child,
- a baby abandoned by his parents (ទុកទារកចោល),
- an abandoned car (រថយន្តទុកចោល)
Example: He abandoned himself to despair.
Example: Surrender, relinguish a property or rights
- He urged people who smoke to abandon the habit. បោះបង់ចោលទម្លាប់ជក់បារី។
3- ~ oneself to sth បណ្ដោយខ្លួន
-He abandoned himself to despair បណ្ដោយខ្លួនឲ្យធ្លាក់ក្នុងសភាពអស់សង្ឃឹម។
abandon oneself to
ENGLISH MEANING
- n. A complete giving up to natural impulses; freedom from artificial constraint; careless freedom or ease.- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) To cast or drive out; to banish; to expel; to reject.
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) To give up absolutely; to forsake entirely ; to renounce utterly; to relinquish all connection with or concern on; to desert, as a person to whom one owes allegiance or fidelity; to quit; to surrender.
- 3.
- (TRANSITIVE) Reflexively: To give (one's self) up without attempt at self-control; to yield (one's self) unrestrainedly; -- often in a bad sense.
- 4.
- (TRANSITIVE) To relinquish all claim to; -- used when an insured person gives up to underwriters all claim to the property covered by a policy, which may remain after loss or damage by a peril insured against.
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