deaden

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   lessen the momentum or velocity of

   deaden a ship's headway

2. 2
   verb

   make vapid or deprive of spirit

   deadened wine

3. 3
   verb

   To render less lively; to diminish; to muffle.

   deaden the pain

4. 4
   verb

   To make soundproof.

   to deaden a wall or a floor

5. 5
   verb

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

6. 6
   verb

   make less lively, intense, or vigorous

7. 7
   verb

   become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active

8. 8
   verb

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

Etymology

From dead + -en. Compare Dutch doden (“to kill”), West Frisian deadzje (“to kill”).