Usually means: Calm; alleviate pain or distress.
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  1. soothe: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. soothe: Merriam-Webster
  3. soothe: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. soothe: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. soothe: Collins English Dictionary
  6. soothe: Vocabulary.com
  7. Soothe, soothe: Wordnik
  8. soothe: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. soothe: Wiktionary
  10. soothe: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. soothe: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. soothe: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. soothe: Dictionary.com
  14. soothe: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. soothe: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Soothe: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Soothe: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. soothe: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. soothe: Rhymezone
  20. soothe: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. soothe: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. soothe: FreeDictionary.org
  23. soothe: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. soothe: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. soothe: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. soothe: Encyclopedia

(Note: See soothed as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  (transitive) To restore to ease, comfort, or tranquility; relieve; calm; quiet; refresh.
verb:  (transitive) To allay; assuage; mitigate; soften.
verb:  (transitive, rare) To smooth over; render less obnoxious.
verb:  (transitive) To calm or placate someone or some situation.
verb:  (transitive) To ease or relieve pain or suffering.
verb:  (intransitive) To temporise by assent, concession, flattery, or cajolery.
verb:  (intransitive) To bring comfort or relief.
verb:  (transitive) To keep in good humour; wheedle; cajole; flatter.
verb:  (transitive, obsolete) To prove true; verify; confirm as true.
verb:  (transitive, obsolete) To confirm the statements of; maintain the truthfulness of (a person); bear out.
verb:  (transitive, obsolete) To assent to; yield to; humour by agreement or concession.

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