DEADEN


Meaning of DEADEN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈde-d ə n ]

verb

( dead·ened ; dead·en·ing ˈded-niŋ, ˈde-d ə n-iŋ)

Date: 1613

transitive verb

1. : to impair in vigor or sensation : blunt

deaden ed his enthusiasm

deaden ed the pain

2.

a. : to deprive of brilliance

b. : to make vapid or spiritless

oxygen deaden s wine

c. : to make (as a wall) impervious to sound

3. : to deprive of life : kill

intransitive verb

: to become dead : lose life or vigor

• dead·en·er ˈded-nər, -d ə n-ər noun

• dead·en·ing·ly -niŋ-lē, -d ə n-iŋ- adverb

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.