allay

Meaning of allay

noun
  1. Alleviation; abatement; check.
  2. An alloy.
verb
  1. To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm.
    to allay popular excitement
  2. To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate.
    to allay the severity of affliction or the bitterness of adversity
  3. To subside, abate, become peaceful.
  4. To mix (metals); to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to deteriorate.
  5. (by extension) To make worse by the introduction of inferior elements.

Information about allay

  • The plural form of allay is: allays.
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Hyphenation of allay

al-lay

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 5 chars.
  • allay is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

allay synonyms

Meaning still:

still, relieve, ease

Meaning quench:

quench, slake, assuage

Meaning :

appease, calm, compose, quiet, soothe, abate, alleviate

Translation of allay

Anagrams of allay

Layla, yalla

Words that rhyme with allay

Bellay, mellay, Millay, Bollay, aullay, cullay, lullay

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