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zacht bijvoeglijk naamwoord | bland [blander, blandest](having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating) gooey [gooier, gooiest](soft, sticky and viscous) mild [milder, mildest](gentle; pleasant; kind; soft) smooth [smoother, smoothest](food or drink: not grainy; having an even texture) soft [softer, softest](gentle) tender [tenderer, tenderest](soft and easily chewed) |
zacht bijwoord | softly(not loudly, inaudible) |
zacht ei substantief {n} | pussy [pussies](informal: coward) |
Zacht hersenvlies substantief | pia mater [pia maters](innermost of the meninges) |
zacht lila bijvoeglijk naamwoord | lavender(colour) |
zacht teken substantief {n} | soft sign(Cyrillic letter Ь/ь) |
zacht water substantief {n} | soft water(water with a low concentration of dissolved minerals) |
zachtaardig bijvoeglijk naamwoord | good-natured(of or pertaining to an amicable, kindly disposition) |
zachtaardig bijwoord | gently(in a gentle manner) softly(softly, gently) |
zachte heelmeesters phrase | spare the rod and spoil the child(if one does not discipline a child he or she will never learn respect or humility) |
zachte landing substantief {f} | soft landing(landing that does not result in the destruction of the payload and/or the vehicle) |
zachter worden werkwoord | relent [relented, relenting, relents](become less rigid, yield) |
zachtfruit substantief {n} | soft fruitnoun |
zachtgekookt bijvoeglijk naamwoord | soft-boiled(of an egg) |
zachtjes bijwoord | gently(in a gentle manner) |
zachtjes koken werkwoord | coddle [coddled, coddling, coddles](to cook slowly in hot water) |
zachtmoedig bijvoeglijk naamwoord | meek [meeker, meekest](humble, modest, or self-effacing) |
zachtzinnig bijvoeglijk naamwoord | softhearted(gentle) |
zachtzinnig bijwoord | softly(softly, gently) |
slaap zacht phrase | sweet dreamsphrase |
verzachten werkwoord | abirritate(to diminish the sensibility of) alleviate [alleviated, alleviating, alleviates](make less severe) assuage [assuaged, assuaging, assuages](mitigate, relieve) lessen [lessened, lessening, lessens](to make less) mitigate [mitigated, mitigating, mitigates](to reduce, lessen, or decrease) palliate [palliated, palliating, palliates](obsolete: to lessen the severity of) relent [relented, relenting, relents](become less severe, give in) soften [softened, softening, softens]((transitive) To make something soft or softer) |
verzachtend bijvoeglijk naamwoord | emollient(Soothing; mollifying) extenuatingadjective soothing(Giving relief) |
verzachtende omstandigheid substantief {f} | extenuating circumstance(fact that mitigates a crime) |
verzachting substantief | abatement [abatements](the act of abating or the state of being abated) |
verzachting substantief {f} | lenition(weakening of consonant articulation) |