American English pronunciation

How to pronounce deaden

IPA transcription: ['dɛdən]

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Verb

  • make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible

    “muffle the message”

  • cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients

    “girdle the plant”

  • 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”

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