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 Definitions of deaden  [ˈdɛd n]  

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Definition of 'deaden' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.t.) deaden
to make less sensitive, intense, or effective.

2.  deaden
to make dull or lifeless; subdue.

3.  deaden
to soundproof.

4. (v.i.) deaden
to become deadened.

Etymology:  (1655–65)

Definition of 'deaden' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) dampen, deaden, damp
make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible
"muffle the message"

2. (verb) girdle, deaden
cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients
"girdle the plant"

3. (verb) deaden
make vapid or deprive of spirit
"deadened wine"

4. (verb) deaden
lessen the momentum or velocity of
"deaden a ship's headway"

5. (verb) deaden
become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigor

6. (verb) deaden, blunt
make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation
"Terror blunted her feelings"; "deaden a sound"

7. (verb) deaden
convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil


Definition of 'deaden' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) deaden
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

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

3. (adj) deaden
to make vapid or spiritless; as, to deaden wine

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


Translation of 'deaden' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to lessen, weaken or make less sharp, strong etc
That will deaden the pain.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: verdoof, temper Arabic flag Arabic: يُضْعِف، يُسَكِّن، يُخَدّ Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: затъпявам
Brazilian flag Brazilian: amainar Czech flag Czech: ztlumit, otupit, ztišit German flag German: abtöten
Danish flag Danish: dæmpe Greek flag Greek: αμβλύνω Spanish flag Spanish: amortiguar
Estonian flag Estonian: vaigistama, vaibuma Farsi flag Farsi: کاهش دادن؛ بی حس کردن Finnish flag Finnish: vaimentaa
French flag French: amortir Hebrew flag Hebrew: לְהַקהוֹת, לְשַׁכֵּך Hindi flag Hindi: कमजोर
Croatian flag Croatian: umrtvljen Hungarian flag Hungarian: tompít, gyengít Indonesian flag Indonesian: meredakan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: deyfa, dragaúr Italian flag Italian: attenuare Japanese flag Japanese: 鈍くする
Korean flag Korean: 약하게 하다, 가라앉히다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: mažinti, slopinti, silpni Latvian flag Latvian: mazināt; apslāpēt; padarī
Malay flag Malay: meredakan Dutch flag Dutch: stillen Norwegian flag Norwegian: døyve, dempe
Polish flag Polish: złagodzić Persian flag Persian: کاهش دادن؛ بی حس کردن Pashto flag Pashto: بې اثره كول، له منځه وړل،
Portuguese flag Portuguese: amortecer Romanian flag Romanian: a potoli Russian flag Russian: притуплять
Slovak flag Slovak: stlmiť Slovenian flag Slovenian: ublažiti Serbian flag Serbian: otupiti
Swedish flag Swedish: döva, dämpa, lindra Thai flag Thai: ระงับ Turkish flag Turkish: hafifletmek
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 使緩和 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: ослабляти, притупляти Urdu flag Urdu: تخفیف کرنا ، تاثیر کم کرن
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: làm giảm đi Chinese flag Chinese: 使缓和

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