DEADEN
\dˈɛdən], \dˈɛdən], \d_ˈɛ_d_ə_n]\
Definitions of DEADEN
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; "Terror blunted her feelings"; "deaden a sound"
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convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil
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become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigor
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lessen the momentum or velocity of; "deaden a ship's headway"
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make vapid or deprive of spirit; "deadened wine"
By Princeton University
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make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; "Terror blunted her feelings"; "deaden a sound"
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convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil
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become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigor
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lessen the momentum or velocity of; "deaden a ship's headway"
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make vapid or deprive of spirit; "deadened wine"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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To lessen the velocity or momentum of; to retard; as, to deaden a ship's headway.
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To make vapid or spiritless; as, to deaden wine.
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To deprive of gloss or brilliancy; to obscure; as, to deaden gilding by a coat of size.
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To render impervious to sound, as a wall or floor; to deafen.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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To lessen the velocity or momentum of; to retard; as, to deaden a ship's headway.
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To make vapid or spiritless; as, to deaden wine.
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To deprive of gloss or brilliancy; to obscure; as, to deaden gilding by a coat of size.
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To render impervious to sound, as a wall or floor; to deafen.
By Noah Webster.
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To lessen the sharpness, intensity, or vigor of; as, the medicine was given to deaden the pain; retard; blunt; render nonconductive; make tasteless or stale; deprive of gloss or brilliancy; kill by girdling.
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Deadliness.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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