Definitions for deaden
ˈdɛd ndead·en

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. dampen, deaden, dampverb

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

   "muffle the message"

2. girdle, deadenverb

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

   "girdle the plant"

3. deadenverb

   make vapid or deprive of spirit

   "deadened wine"

4. deadenverb

   lessen the momentum or velocity of

   "deaden a ship's headway"

5. deadenverb

   become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigor

6. deaden, bluntverb

   make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation

   "Terror blunted her feelings"; "deaden a sound"

7. deadenverb

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

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. deadenverb

   To render less lively; to diminish; to muffle.

2. deadenverb

   To become less lively; to diminish (by itself).

3. deadenverb

   To make soundproof.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Dead, To Deadenverb

   1. To deprive of any kind of force or sensation.

   That the sound may be extinguished or deaded by discharging the pent air, before it cometh to the mouth of the piece, and to the open air, is not probable. Francis Bacon, Nat. Hist.

   It is requisite that the tympanum be tense, and hard stretched, otherwise the laxness of that membrane will certainly dead and damp the sound. William Holder, Elements of Speech.

   This motion would be quickly deadened by countermotions; and we should not remember any thing, but ’till the next impression. Joseph Glanvill, Sceps. c. 6.

   We will not oppose any thing to them that is hard and stubborn, but by a soft answer deaden their force by degrees. Thomas Burnet, Theory of the Earth.

   Our dreams are great instances of that activity which is natural to the human soul, and which is not in the power of sleep to deaden or abate. Spectator, №. 487.

   Anodyne, or abaters of pain, are such things as relax the tension of the affected nervous fibres, or destroy the particular acrimony which occasions the pain, or what deadens the sensation of the brain by procuring sleep. John Arbuthnot, on Diet.

   2. To make vapid, or spiritless.

   The beer and the wine, as well within water as above, have not been palled or deaded at all. Francis Bacon, Natural History.

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1. deaden

   To deaden is to make less strong, intense, loud or severe. It can refer to reducing physical sensations or feelings, softening a sound, or dulling an emotional response.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Deadenadjective

   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

2. Deadenadjective

   to lessen the velocity or momentum of; to retard; as, to deaden a ship's headway

3. Deadenadjective

   to make vapid or spiritless; as, to deaden wine

4. Deadenadjective

   to deprive of gloss or brilliancy; to obscure; as, to deaden gilding by a coat of size

5. Etymology: [From Dead; cf. AS. ddan to kill, put to death. See Dead, a.]

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1. Deaden

   Deaden is a death metal band from the U.S. founded in 1992 by drummer Ethan Deppe and guitarist Drew Stockman.

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1. • Change
   • Chemistry
   • Convert
   • Incise
   • Plant
   • Retard
   • Weaken

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of deaden in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of deaden in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=deaden
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Deaden
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=deaden
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deaden
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=deaden