Associations to the word «Deadened»

Wiktionary

DEADEN, verb. (transitive) To render less lively; to diminish; to muffle.
DEADEN, verb. (intransitive) To become less lively; to diminish (by itself).
DEADEN, verb. (transitive) To make soundproof.

Dictionary definition

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

Wise words

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