vverb.changemake vague or obscure or make (an image) less visibleSynset:damp dampen deaden
Derivationally Related Form:damper
Hypernyms:break damp dampen soften weaken
Inherited Hypernyms:dampendampendeadenchange
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vverb.contactcut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrientsTopic:floraplantplant life
Synset:deaden girdle
Derivationally Related Form:girdle
Hypernyms:incise
Inherited Hypernyms:girdleincisecutseparatemove
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.changemake vapid or deprive of spiritHypernyms:alter change modify
Inherited Hypernyms:deadenchange
Sentence Frame:Something ---s something
vverb.changelessen the momentum or velocity ofHypernyms:retard
Inherited Hypernyms:deadenretarddeceleratechange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.changebecome lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigorDerivationally Related Form:deadening
Hypernyms:change
Inherited Hypernyms:deadenchange
Sentence Frame:Something ---s
vverb.changemake less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensationSynset:blunt deaden
Examples:- Terror blunted her feelings
- deaden a sound
Antonyms:enliven
Derivationally Related Form:deadening
Hypernyms:alter change modify
Inherited Hypernyms:deadenchange
Direct Hyponyms:breakdampdampenobtundpetrifysoftenweaken
Full Troponyms:dampendeafenobtundpetrify
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.changeconvert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oilTopic:chemical sciencechemistry
Hypernyms:convert
Inherited Hypernyms:deadenconvertchange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
adj satadj.alldevoid of physical sensation; numbSynset:dead
Examples:- his gums were dead from the novocain
- she felt no discomfort as the dentist drilled her deadened tooth
- a public desensitized by continuous television coverage of atrocities
Antonyms:sensitive
Derivationally Related Form:deadness
Inherited Hypernyms:dead
Similar to:insensitive
adj satadj.allmade or become less intenseExamples:- the deadened pangs of hunger
Antonyms:sharp
Inherited Hypernyms:deadened
Similar to:dull