deaden
Seed from Open English WordNet (OEWN) 2025
Meanings by context
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- definition make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible
- definition cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients
- definition make vapid or deprive of spirit
- definition lessen the momentum or velocity of
- definition become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigor
- definition make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation
- definition convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil