Deaden Definition

dĕdn
deadened, deadening, deadens
verb
deadened, deadening, deadens
To render less intense, sensitive, or vigorous.
A medication to deaden the pain; wall tiles that deaden the sound from the rehearsal studio.
American Heritage
To take away the sensitivity of; make numb.
Webster's New World
To become as if dead; lose vigor, intensity, etc.
Webster's New World
To treat (a wall, floor, or ceiling) so as to keep sounds from going through; make soundproof.
Webster's New World
To lessen the vigor, intensity, or liveliness of; dull.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Deaden

  • dead +‎ -en

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Deaden Sentence Examples

  • By means of suitable and simple mechanism this vertical movement of the cylinders works plunger pistons in a pair of cylinders which contain glycerin, and these deaden the vibrations of the machinery while weighing is going on.

  • A thin carpet in a dark color does not deaden your footsteps.

  • Does anyone have any comments about acoustic matting to deaden noise?

  • The horror aroused by this crime did not long deaden the feeling, at least in official circles, that something must be done to introduce the principle of heredity, as the surest means of counteracting the aims of conspirators.

  • To deaden the vibration of the springs after a load has been placed on the platform, and thus to enable the weights and values of the goods to be read rapidly, the piston of a glycerin cylinder is attached to the end of the lever which pulls upon the hook of the horizontal bar and is worked by it in the glycerin.

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Words Starting With

DDEDEA

Words Ending With

NENDEN

Unscrambles

deaden

Words Starting With D and Ending With N

Starts With D & Ends With NStarts With DE & Ends With NStarts With D & Ends With EN

Word Length

6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With D6 Letter Words Ending With N