soothe
(verb) cause to feel better; “the medicine soothes the pain of the inflammation”
comfort, soothe, console, solace
(verb) give moral or emotional strength to
Source: WordNet® 3.1
soothe (third-person singular simple present soothes, present participle soothing, simple past and past participle soothed)
(transitive) To restore to ease, comfort, or tranquility; relieve; calm; quiet; refresh.
(transitive) To allay; assuage; mitigate; soften.
(transitive, rare) To smooth over; render less obnoxious.
(transitive) To calm or placate someone or some situation.
(transitive) To ease or relieve pain or suffering.
(intransitive) To temporise by assent, concession, flattery, or cajolery.
(intransitive) To bring comfort or relief.
(transitive) To keep in good humour; wheedle; cajole; flatter.
(transitive, obsolete) To prove true; verify; confirm as true.
(transitive, obsolete) To confirm the statements of; maintain the truthfulness of (a person); bear out.
(transitive, obsolete) To assent to; yield to; humour by agreement or concession.
• (humour by agreement or concession): comply, give way; See also accede
Source: Wiktionary
Soothe, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Soothed; p. pr. & vb. n. Soothing.] Etym: [Originally, to assent to as true; OE. so to verify, AS. ges to prove the truth of, to bear witness. See Sooth, a.]
1. To assent to as true. [Obs.] Testament of Love.
2. To assent to; to comply with; to gratify; to humor by compliance; to please with blandishments or soft words; to flatter. Good, my lord, soothe him, let him take the fellow. Shak. I've tried the force of every reason on him, Soothed and caressed, been angry, soothed again. Addison.
3. To assuage; to mollify; to calm; to comfort; as, to soothe a crying child; to soothe one's sorrows. Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast, To soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak. Congreve. Though the sound of Fame May for a moment soothe, it can not slake The fever of vain longing. Byron.
Syn.
– To soften; assuage; allay; compose; mollify; tranquilize; pacify; mitigate.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
14 March 2025
(noun) the relation between two different kinds of organisms in which one receives benefits from the other by causing damage to it (usually not fatal damage)
According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.
