 deaden |
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| 1. | [ verb ] quieten or silence (a sound) or make (an image) less visible | |
| Synonyms: | stifle smother damp tone_down muffle repress mute strangle dampen | |
| Related terms: | suppress hush smotherer | |
| 2. | [ verb ] make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible | |
| Synonyms: | dampen damp | |
| Examples: | "muffle the message" |
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| Related terms: | dampen damper | |
| 3. | [ verb ] make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation | |
| Synonyms: | blunt | |
| Examples: | "Terror blunted her feelings" "deaden a sound" |
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| Related terms: | enliven change dampen petrify obtund stultification | |
| 4. | [ verb ] lessen the momentum or velocity of | |
| Examples: | "deaden a ship's headway" |
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| Related terms: | retard | |
| 5. | [ verb ] make vapid or deprive of spirit | |
| Examples: | : "deadened wine" |
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| Related terms: | change | |
| 6. | [ verb ] cut a girdle around (a plant) so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients | |
| Synonyms: | girdle | |
| Related terms: | incise plant | |
| 7. | [ verb ] become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigor | |
| Related terms: | change stultification | |
| 8. | [ verb ] convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil | |
| Related terms: | convert chemistry | |
| Similar spelling: |
detain dead-on detainee |
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