[{"word":"tempering","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To moderate or control.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Temper your language around children."},{"definition":"To strengthen or toughen a material, especially metal, by heat treatment; anneal.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Tempering is a heat treatment technique applied to metals, alloys, and glass to achieve greater toughness by increasing the strength of materials and/or ductility. Tempering is performed by a controlled reheating of the work piece to a temperature below its lower eutectic critical temperature."},{"definition":"To sauté spices in ghee or oil to release essential oils for flavouring a dish in South Asian cuisine.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To mix clay, plaster or mortar with water to obtain the proper consistency.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To adjust, as the mathematical scale to the actual scale, or to that in actual use.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"(Latinism) To govern; to manage.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To combine in due proportions; to constitute; to compose.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To mingle in due proportion; to prepare by combining; to modify, as by adding some new element; to qualify, as by an ingredient; hence, to soften; to mollify; to assuage.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To fit together; to adjust; to accommodate.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"The act by which something is tempered.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/temper","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tempering"]}]