Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary (pronunciation guide only) weakening (v) (w ii1 k @ n i ng)

CMU English Pronouncing Dictionary WEAKENING W IY1 K AH0 N IH0 NG

German-English: TU-Chemnitz DING Dictionary Schwächung {f} weakening [Add to Longdo]

Result from Foreign Dictionaries (4 entries found)

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  moderating \moderating\ adj.
     lessening in intensity or strength. Opposite of
     {intensifying}. [Narrower terms: {tempering}; {weakening}]
     [WordNet 1.5]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Weaken \Weak"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Weakened}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Weakening}.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. To make weak; to lessen the strength of; to deprive of
        strength; to debilitate; to enfeeble; to enervate; as, to
        weaken the body or the mind; to weaken the hands of a
        magistrate; to weaken the force of an objection or an
        argument.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it
              be not done.                          --Neh. vi. 9.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To reduce in quality, strength, or spirit; as, to weaken
        tea; to weaken any solution or decoction.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:

  weakening
      adj 1: causing debilitation [syn: {debilitative}, {enervating},
             {enfeebling}]
      2: moderating by making pain or sorrow weaker
      n 1: becoming weaker [ant: {strengthening}]
      2: the act of reducing the strength of something [ant:
         {strengthening}]

From English-German Freedict dictionary [fd-eng-deu]:

  weakening [wiːkəniŋ]
     abschwächend; schwächend; Schwächung
  

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