English Dictionary

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.
Source : opted (38982)  - auto

To lessen the velocity or momentum of; to retard; as, to deaden a ship's headway.
Source : opted (38983)  - auto

To make vapid or spiritless; as, to deaden wine.
Source : opted (38984)  - auto

To deprive of gloss or brilliancy; to obscure; as, to deaden gilding by a coat of size.
Source : opted (38985)  - auto

To render impervious to sound, as a wall or floor; to deafen.
Source : opted (177668)  - auto