deaden : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: deaden	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for deaden
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
deaden v make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible; "muffle the message" Synonym(s): dampen, deaden, damp cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients; "girdle the plant" Synonym(s): girdle, deaden make vapid or deprive of spirit; "deadened wine" lessen the momentum or velocity of; "deaden a ship's headway" become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigor make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; "Terror blunted her feelings"; "deaden a sound" Synonym(s): deaden, blunt Antonym(s): animate, enliven, invigorate, liven, liven up convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deaden \Dead"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deadened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Deadening}.] [From {Dead}; cf. AS. d[?]dan to kill, put to death. See {Dead}, a.] 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deaden \Dead"en\, v. t. To render impervious to sound, as a wall or floor; to deafen.