Definition of deaden

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Deaden (a.) To lessen the velocity or momentum of; to retard; as, to deaden a ship's headway..

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Dampen :: Dampen (v. i.) To become damp; to deaden.
Fossilize :: Fossilize (v. t.) To cause to become antiquated, rigid, or fixed, as by fossilization; to mummify; to deaden..
Dead :: Dead (v. t.) To make dead; to deaden; to deprive of life, force, or vigor..
Mortify :: Mortify (v. i.) To practice penance from religious motives; to deaden desires by religious discipline.
Buffet :: Buffet (v. t.) To deaden the sound of (bells) by muffling the clapper.
Damp :: Damp (n.) To put out, as fire; to depress or deject; to deaden; to cloud; to check or restrain, as action or vigor; to make dull; to weaken; to discourage..
Mull :: Mull (v. t.) To dispirit or deaden; to dull or blunt.
Deaden :: Deaden (a.) To make vapid or spiritless; as, to deaden wine..
Mute :: Mute (n.) A little utensil made of brass, ivory, or other material, so formed that it can be fixed in an erect position on the bridge of a violin, or similar instrument, in order to deaden or soften the tone..
Blase :: Blase (a.) Having the sensibilities deadened by excess or frequency of enjoyment; sated or surfeited with pleasure; used up.
Bumper :: Bumper (n.) Anything which resists or deadens a bump or shock; a buffer.
Pug :: Pug (v. t.) To fill or stop with clay by tamping; to fill in or spread with mortar, as a floor or partition, for the purpose of deadening sound. See Pugging, 2..
Deadener :: Deadener (n.) One who, or that which, deadens or checks..
Deaden :: Deaden (a.) To deprive of gloss or brilliancy; to obscure; as, to deaden gilding by a coat of size..
Stifle :: Stifle (v. t.) To stop; to extinguish; to deaden; to quench; as, to stifle the breath; to stifle a fire or flame..
Stun :: Stun (v. t.) To dull or deaden the sensibility of; to overcome; especially, to overpower one's sense of hearing..
Deaf :: Deaf (a.) Obscurely heard; stifled; deadened.
Foreland :: Foreland (n.) That portion of the natural shore on the outside of the embankment which receives the stock of waves and deadens their force.
Deaden :: Deaden (a.) To lessen the velocity or momentum of; to retard; as, to deaden a ship's headway..
Obtuse :: Obtuse (superl.) Dull; deadened; as, obtuse sound..
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