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Meaning of 'deaden' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Deaden [ a.]
- 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.
- To lessen the velocity or momentum of; to retard; as, to deaden a ship's headway.
- To make vapid or spiritless; as, to deaden wine.
- To deprive of gloss or brilliancy; to obscure; as, to deaden gilding by a coat of size.

Meaning of 'deaden' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . deaden [ v]
Meaning (1):
- lessen the momentum or velocity of
Example in sentence:
  • deaden a ship's headway
Meaning (2):
- make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation
Example in sentence:
  • deaden a sound;
  • Terror blunted her feelings
Meaning (3):
- make vapid or deprive of spirit
Example in sentence:
  • deadened wine
Meaning (4):
- cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients
Example in sentence:
  • girdle the plant
Meaning (5):
- make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible
Example in sentence:
  • muffle the message

Nearby Words:

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