The meaning of SOFTEN is to make soft or softer. How to use soften in a sentence. SOFTEN definition: 1.

Context Explanation

to become soft, or to make something soft: 2. to become more gentle or less strict, or to make…. If you soften something or if it softens, it becomes less hard, stiff, or firm. Soften the butter mixture in a small saucepan.

Insight Material

[VERB noun] Fry for about 4 minutes, until the onion has softened. [VERB] If one thing softens the damaging effect of another thing, it makes the effect less severe. To make soft or softer. 2. To undermine or reduce the strength, morale, or resistance of.

Final Conclusion

3. To make less harsh, strident, or critical: softened the last paragraph of the letter. To become soft or softer. soft′en er n. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. soften (third-person singular simple present softens, present participle softening, simple past and past participle softened) (transitive) To make something soft or softer.

soften To lessen the intensity, severity, or harshness of something; or to make something softer or less rigid, often through heat, moisture, or other treatments. SOFTEN definition: to make soft or softer. See examples of soften used in a sentence. Definition of soften verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.