DEADEN


Meaning of DEADEN in English

— deadener , n.

/ded"n/ , v.t.

1. to make less sensitive, active, energetic, or forcible; weaken: to deaden sound; to deaden the senses; to deaden the force of a blow.

2. to lessen the velocity of; retard: to deaden the headway of a ship.

3. to make impervious to sound, as a floor.

v.i.

4. to become dead.

[ 1655-65; DEAD + -EN 1 ]

Syn. 1. blunt, diminish, lessen, numb, dull.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .