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KK Pronunciation

〔 ˋdєdN 〕

Pronunciation

〔 ˊdedn 〕


Overview of verb deaden

The verb deaden has 7 senses


  • dampen, deaden, damp -- (make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible; "muffle the message")

  • girdle, deaden -- (cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients; "girdle the plant")

  • deaden -- (make vapid or deprive of spirit; "deadened wine")

  • deaden -- (lessen the momentum or velocity of; "deaden a ship's headway")

  • deaden -- (become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigor)

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

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