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milden

milden verb: to make or become mild or milder.

Verb

milden (third-person singular simple present mildens, present participle mildening, simple past and past participle mildened)

  1. (ambitransitive) To make or become mild or milder.

Forms of milden

third-person singular presentmildens
present participlemildening
past participlemildened
pastmildened

Origin of milden

From mild + -en.

Words formed from milden

Questions about milden

What does milden mean?
Milden means to make or become mild or milder.
What part of speech is milden?
Milden is a verb.
What is the past tense of milden?
The past tense of milden is mildened.

Words near milden in the dictionary

  1. mild sauce
  2. mild steel
  3. mild steels
  4. mild-mannered
  5. milde
  6. milden
  7. mildened
  8. Mildenhall
  9. Mildenhalls
  10. mildening
  11. mildens

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