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    abate

    abate - Dictionary definition and meaning for word abate

    Definition
    (verb) make less active or intense
    Synonyms : slack , slake
    Definition
    (verb) become less in amount or intensity
    Synonyms : die away , let up , slack , slack off
    Example Sentence
    • The storm abated
    • The rain let up after a few hours
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for abate

rebate means discount... i.e reducing the price.. abate and rebate are rhyming words

(Tag : ) abate which is rhyming with debate.Debate means raising(actually in discussion imagine that in every thing) just opposite to debate consider abate that is reduction in nature

ab ate mat karo abate your weight

A BAIT is given to rats at home finally rats get reduced. So u can directly give ABATE to rat to reduce its population i.e; ABATE is reducing

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'abate' sounds like the hindi bait" means "come sit". Imagine a tired old man visiting you and you offer a chair and say 'aa bait' it will lessen relieve your tiredness.

ABATE=AB+ATE... here "ATE" is the past tense of "eat". So when we eat, the quantity tends to reduce or lessen... the same applies here..

Focus on ‘ate’ part of abate. (eat, ate, eaten). When you eat anything, you reduce it's quantity.

abate= a + bate which almost sounds aa bete in hindi, imagine father sayings his son come(aa) son(bete),come join my business to subside me and reduce my load.

bate(if some body beats u,ur self respect for him gets diminished)...hence abate counts for getng diminishd by sum means...

a+baith: aa baith yani aaja baith ja matlab down ho ja ya reduce ho ja

ABATE RHYMES WITH "WAIT". means waiting to get sumthng subsided

A =always ;BATE = masturbate ;so when you always masturbate ,energy and sperm will be less in amount,degree or intensity

Sachin's BAT has no intention of aBATing the agony of his opponent bowlers.

ABATE=AB+ATE.. "ATE" is the past tense of "EAT".. so When we eat, the quantity tends to reduce or lessen.. SO ABATE stands for lessen or reduce or diminsh or slacken

In Hindi sit down means (baith) + ab = ab baith i.e. abate

ab+ate— ab( away) from ate, if you will be AWAY from ATE(food) you will REDUCE

In an ABATTOIR, butchers ABATE or end the lives of animals.

ABATE= AB + ATE. You got your current six-packs ABdomen because you ATE so little and reduce your fat-intake.

abATE is the opposite of escalATE

AB+ ATE = abishek ate Aishariya lessen her beauty.

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