Associations to the word «Deadening»

DEADEN, verb. (transitive) To render less lively; to diminish; to muffle.

DEADEN, verb. (intransitive) To become less lively; to diminish (by itself).

DEADEN, verb. (transitive) To make soundproof.

DEADEN, verb. Make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible; "muffle the message".

DEADEN, verb. Cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients; "girdle the plant".

DEADEN, verb. Make vapid or deprive of spirit; "deadened wine".

DEADEN, verb. Lessen the momentum or velocity of; "deaden a ship's headway".

DEADEN, verb. Become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigor.

DEADEN, verb. Make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; "Terror blunted her feelings"; "deaden a sound".

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