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