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Deaden Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Deaden? [v] convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil [v] make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; "Terror blunted her feelings"; "deaden a sound" [v] become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigor [v] make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible; "muffle the message" [v] lessen the momentum or velocity of; "deaden a ship's headway" [v] make vapid or deprive of spirit; "deadened wine" [v] cut a girdle around (a plant) so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients Synonyms \| Synonyms for Deaden: blunt \| girdle Related Terms \| Find terms related to Deaden: abate \| absorb the shock \| allay \| alleviate \| anesthetize \| appease \| assuage \| attemper \| attenuate \| baffle \| bank the fire \| bedaze \| benumb \| besot \| blunt \| break the fall \| chasten \| chloroform \| coldcock \| constrain \| control \| cramp \| cripple \| cushion \| damp \| dampen \| deaden the pain \| deafen \| debilitate \| de-emphasize \| desensitize \| devitalize \| diminish \| dope \| downplay \| drug \| dull \| ease \| ease matters \| enervate \| enfeeble \| etherize \| eviscerate \| exhaust \| extenuate \| foment \| freeze \| give relief \| gruel \| kayo \| keep within bounds \| knock out \| knock senseless \| knock stiff \| knock unconscious \| KO \| lay \| lay low \| lay out \| lenify \| lessen \| lighten \| lull \| mat \| mitigate \| moderate \| modulate \| mollify \| muffle \| mull \| mute \| narcotize \| neutralize \| numb \| obtund \| offset \| pad \| palliate \| palsy \| paralyze \| play down \| poultice \| pour balm into \| pour oil on \| put to sleep \| rattle \| reduce \| reduce the temperature \| relieve \| restrain \| salve \| sap \| shake \| shake up \| show consideration \| show mercy \| show pity \| slacken \| slake \| slow down \| smother \| sober \| sober down \| soften \| soften the blow \| soften up \| soft-pedal \| soothe \| stifle \| stop \| stun \| stupe \| stupefy \| subdue \| suppress \| tame \| temper \| tone down \| tune down \| unbrace \| undermine \| underplay \| unman \| unnerve \| unstrengthen \| unstring \| weaken See Also \| alter \| break \| change \| convert \| damp \| dampen \| incise \| obtund \| petrify \| retard \| soften \| weaken Deaden In Webster's Dictionary \Dead"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deadened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Deadening}.] [From {Dead}; cf. AS. d?dan to kill, put to death. See {Dead}, a.] 1. To make as dead; to impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; to lessen the force or acuteness of; to blunt; as, to deaden the natural powers or feelings; to deaden a sound. As harper lays his open palm Upon his harp, to deaden its vibrations. --Longfellow. 2. To lessen the velocity or momentum of; to retard; as, to deaden a ship's headway. 3. To make vapid or spiritless; as, to deaden wine. 4. To deprive of gloss or brilliancy; to obscure; as, to deaden gilding by a coat of size. \Dead"en\, v. t. To render impervious to sound, as a wall or floor; to deafen.

Deaden Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Deaden?

[v] convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil
[v] make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; "Terror blunted her feelings"; "deaden a sound"
[v] become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigor
[v] make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible; "muffle the message"
[v] lessen the momentum or velocity of; "deaden a ship's headway"
[v] make vapid or deprive of spirit; "deadened wine"
[v] cut a girdle around (a plant) so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients

Synonyms | Synonyms for Deaden: blunt | girdle

Deaden In Webster's Dictionary

\Dead"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deadened}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Deadening}.] [From {Dead}; cf. AS. d?dan to kill, put to
death. See {Dead}, a.]
1. To make as dead; to impair in vigor, force, activity, or
   sensation; to lessen the force or acuteness of; to blunt;
   as, to deaden the natural powers or feelings; to deaden a
   sound.



   As harper lays his open palm Upon his harp, to deaden its
   vibrations.                                 --Longfellow.

2. To lessen the velocity or momentum of; to retard; as, to
   deaden a ship's headway.

3. To make vapid or spiritless; as, to deaden wine.

4. To deprive of gloss or brilliancy; to obscure; as, to
   deaden gilding by a coat of size.


\Dead"en\, v. t.
To render impervious to sound, as a wall or floor; to deafen.

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