deaden

1. 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. Source: opted

2. a. To lessen the velocity or momentum of; to retard; as, to deaden a ship's headway. Source: opted

3. a. To make vapid or spiritless; as, to deaden wine. Source: opted

4. a. To deprive of gloss or brilliancy; to obscure; as, to deaden gilding by a coat of size. Source: opted

5. v. make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible Source: wordnet

6. v. cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients Source: wordnet

7. v. make vapid or deprive of spirit Source: wordnet

8. v. lessen the momentum or velocity of Source: wordnet

9. v. become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigor Source: wordnet

10. v. make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation Source: wordnet

11. v. convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil Source: wordnet

12. 1. 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. As harper lays his open palm Upon his harp, to deaden its vibrations. Longfellow. 2. To lessen the velocity or momentum of; to retard; as, to deaden a ship's headway. 3. To make vapid or spiritless; as, to deaden wine. 4. To deprive of gloss or brilliancy; to obscure; as, to deaden gilding by a coat of size. Source: webster

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