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deaden
dead·en D0052200 (dĕd′n)v. dead·ened, dead·en·ing, dead·ens v.tr.1. To render less intense, sensitive, or vigorous: a medication to deaden the pain; wall tiles that deaden the sound from the rehearsal studio.2. To make soundproof.3. To make less colorful or brilliant.v.intr.1. To become dead.2. To lose vigor, brilliance, or liveliness.
dead′en·er n.deaden (ˈdɛdən) vb1. to make or become less sensitive, intense, lively, etc; damp or be damped down; dull2. (General Physics) (tr) to make acoustically less resonant: he deadened the room with heavy curtains. ˈdeadener n ˈdeadening adjdead•en (ˈdɛd n)
v.t. 1. to make less sensitive, intense, or effective. 2. to make dull or lifeless; subdue. 3. to soundproof. v.i. 4. to become deadened. [1655–65] dead′en•er, n. deaden
Past participle: deadened
Gerund: deadening
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| I deaden | | you deaden | | he/she/it deadens | | we deaden | | you deaden | | they deaden |
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| I deadened | | you deadened | | he/she/it deadened | | we deadened | | you deadened | | they deadened |
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| I am deadening | | you are deadening | | he/she/it is deadening | | we are deadening | | you are deadening | | they are deadening |
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| I have deadened | | you have deadened | | he/she/it has deadened | | we have deadened | | you have deadened | | they have deadened |
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| I was deadening | | you were deadening | | he/she/it was deadening | | we were deadening | | you were deadening | | they were deadening |
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| I had deadened | | you had deadened | | he/she/it had deadened | | we had deadened | | you had deadened | | they had deadened |
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| I will deaden | | you will deaden | | he/she/it will deaden | | we will deaden | | you will deaden | | they will deaden |
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| I will have deadened | | you will have deadened | | he/she/it will have deadened | | we will have deadened | | you will have deadened | | they will have deadened |
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| I will be deadening | | you will be deadening | | he/she/it will be deadening | | we will be deadening | | you will be deadening | | they will be deadening |
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| I have been deadening | | you have been deadening | | he/she/it has been deadening | | we have been deadening | | you have been deadening | | they have been deadening |
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| I will have been deadening | | you will have been deadening | | he/she/it will have been deadening | | we will have been deadening | | you will have been deadening | | they will have been deadening |
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| I had been deadening | | you had been deadening | | he/she/it had been deadening | | we had been deadening | | you had been deadening | | they had been deadening |
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| I would deaden | | you would deaden | | he/she/it would deaden | | we would deaden | | you would deaden | | they would deaden |
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| I would have deadened | | you would have deadened | | he/she/it would have deadened | | we would have deadened | | you would have deadened | | they would have deadened |
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | deaden - make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible; "muffle the message"damp, dampensoften, damp, weaken, dampen, break - lessen in force or effect; "soften a shock"; "break a fall" | | 2. | deaden - cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients; "girdle the plant"girdleplant life, flora, plant - (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotionincise - make an incision into by carving or cutting | | 3. | deaden - make vapid or deprive of spirit; "deadened wine"alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" | | 4. | deaden - lessen the momentum or velocity of; "deaden a ship's headway"retard - cause to move more slowly or operate at a slower rate; "This drug will retard your heart rate" | | 5. | deaden - become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigorchange - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" | | 6. | deaden - make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; "Terror blunted her feelings"; "deaden a sound"bluntalter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"obtund - reduce the edge or violence of; "obtunded reflexes"petrify - cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned; "The horror petrified his feelings"; "Fear petrified her thinking"soften, damp, weaken, dampen, break - lessen in force or effect; "soften a shock"; "break a fall"liven, liven up, enliven, invigorate, animate - make lively; "let's liven up this room a bit" | | 7. | deaden - convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oilchemical science, chemistry - the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactionsconvert - change the nature, purpose, or function of something; "convert lead into gold"; "convert hotels into jails"; "convert slaves to laborers" |
deadenverb1. reduce, dull, diminish, check, weaken, cushion, damp, suppress, blunt, paralyse, impair, numb, lessen, alleviate, smother, dampen, anaesthetize, benumb He needs morphine to deaden the pain in his chest.2. suppress, reduce, dull, diminish, cushion, damp, mute, stifle, hush, lessen, smother, dampen, muffle, quieten They managed to deaden the sound.deadenverb1. To render less sensitive:benumb, blunt, desensitize, dull, numb.Idiom: take the edge off.2. To decrease or dull the sound of:dampen, muffle, mute, stifle.Translationsdead (ded) adjective1. without life; not living. a dead body; Throw out those dead flowers. 死去的，無生命的 死去的，无生命的 2. not working and not giving any sign of being about to work. The phone/engine is dead. 故障的(電話)，熄火的(發動機) 不通话的（电话），熄火的（发动机） 3. absolute or complete. There was dead silence at his words; He came to a dead stop. 無動靜的 无动静的 adverb completely. dead drunk. 完全地 完全地ˈdeaden verb to lessen, weaken or make less sharp, strong etc. That will deaden the pain. 使緩和 使缓和ˈdeadly adjective1. causing death. a deadly poison. 殊死的 致死的，致命的 2. very great. He is in deadly earnest (= He is completely serious). 非常 非常3. very dull or uninteresting. What a deadly job this is. 枯燥沉悶的，呆板的 枯燥的，呆板的 adverb extremely. deadly dull; deadly serious. 非常 非常dead end a road closed off at one end. (街道等)閉塞不通的一頭 （街道等）闭塞不通的一头 ˈdead-end adjective leading nowhere. a dead-end job. (喻)沒出路的 （喻）没出路的 dead heat a race, or a situation happening in a race, in which two or more competitors cross the finishing line together. 勝負不分的賽跑，不分勝負的情況 胜负不分的赛跑dead language a language no longer spoken, eg Latin. 無人說的語言(如拉丁語) 无人说的语言（如拉丁语） ˈdeadline noun a time by which something must be done or finished. Monday is the deadline for handing in this essay. 最後期限 最后期限ˈdeadlock noun a situation in which no further progress towards an agreement is possible. Talks between the two sides ended in deadlock. 僵局 僵局
to set a deadline (not dateline) for finishing a job. deaden
deaden (something) with (something)To induce numbness, as with an anesthetic agent. They deadened my gums with some sort of gel before the procedure.See also: deadendeaden something with somethingto dull or anesthetize pain with something. The doctor deadened the area with an injection before she began to stitch. I will deaden the pain with a local anesthetic.See also: deadenEncyclopediaSeeDeadeningMedicalSeedeaddeaden
Synonyms for deadenverb reduceSynonyms- reduce
- dull
- diminish
- check
- weaken
- cushion
- damp
- suppress
- blunt
- paralyse
- impair
- numb
- lessen
- alleviate
- smother
- dampen
- anaesthetize
- benumb
verb suppressSynonyms- suppress
- reduce
- dull
- diminish
- cushion
- damp
- mute
- stifle
- hush
- lessen
- smother
- dampen
- muffle
- quieten
Synonyms for deadenverb to render less sensitiveSynonyms- benumb
- blunt
- desensitize
- dull
- numb
verb to decrease or dull the sound ofSynonymsSynonyms for deadenverb make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visibleSynonymsRelated Words- soften
- damp
- weaken
- dampen
- break
verb cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrientsSynonymsRelated Words- plant life
- flora
- plant
- incise
verb make vapid or deprive of spiritRelated Wordsverb lessen the momentum or velocity ofRelated Wordsverb become lifeless, less lively, intense, or activeRelated Wordsverb make less lively, intense, or vigorousSynonymsRelated Words- alter
- change
- modify
- obtund
- petrify
- soften
- damp
- weaken
- dampen
- break
Antonyms- liven
- liven up
- enliven
- invigorate
- animate
verb convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oilRelated Words- chemical science
- chemistry
- convert
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