bate
comment: moderate or restrain; lessen the force of; "He bated his breath when talking about this affair"; "capable of bating his enthusiasm"
broader: control 2 41 01
label: bate
nearly same as: synset-bate-verb-1
note: This resource corresponds to the meaning of the gloss text. It shares its meaning with that of the synonym set rather than denoting the WordNet synset.