The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
retund — rə̇ˈtənd transitive verb ( ed/ ing/ s) Etymology: Latin retundere, from re + tundere to beat more at stutter archaic : to beat or drive back : make impotent or ineffective : blunt, refute retund the edge of a sword … Useful english dictionary
retund — re·tund … English syllables
Retuse — Re*tuse , a. [L. retusus, p. p. : cf. F. r[ e]tus. See {Retund}.] (Bot. & Zo[ o]l.) Having the end rounded and slightly indented; as, a retuse leaf. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bate — Synonyms and related words: abate, ablate, abrade, abstract, alleviate, allow, attenuate, bar, be eaten away, blunt, charge off, close, consume, consume away, corrode, count out, crumble, curtail, cut, debar, decline, decrease, deduct, deliquesce … Moby Thesaurus
blunt — Synonyms and related words: KO, abate, abrupt, affectless, aggressive, allay, alleviate, anesthetize, anesthetized, arctic, artless, assuage, attemper, attenuate, autistic, bank the fire, bate, bearish, beastly, bedaze, benumb, besot, bluff,… … Moby Thesaurus
dull — Synonyms and related words: KO, Laodicean, Olympian, Quaker colored, Spartan, abate, abeyant, abrupt, achromatic, achromatize, achromic, acier, affectless, allay, alleviate, aloof, anemic, anesthetic, anesthetize, anesthetized, apathetic, appease … Moby Thesaurus
repress — Synonyms and related words: arrest, asphyxiate, ban, bar, bate, beat down, black out, blunt, bottle up, break, browbeat, bulldoze, bully, castrate, censor, check, choke off, clamp down on, coerce, collect, compel, constrain, contain, control,… … Moby Thesaurus
take the edge off — Synonyms and related words: abate, allay, alleviate, appease, assuage, attemper, attenuate, bank the fire, bate, blunt, calm, chasten, conciliate, constrain, control, cool, cramp, cripple, damp, dampen, de emphasize, deaden, debilitate, defuse,… … Moby Thesaurus
turn — Synonyms and related words: Charybdis, Platonic form, Platonic idea, S curve, a thing for, aberrancy, aberration, about ship, about face, access, acciaccatura, accommodation, accomplished fact, accomplishment, achievement, act, act of grace, act… … Moby Thesaurus
weaken — Synonyms and related words: abate, afflict, aggravate, allay, alleviate, assuage, attemper, attenuate, bank the fire, bate, beat, blunt, break, bugger, burn out, cave in, chasten, collapse, come apart, come unstuck, conk out, constrain, control,… … Moby Thesaurus
