deaden

Words with a similar base: deaden

'deaden'

[dampen.v.05] as in: make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible

Examples:
muffle the message

'deaden'

[girdle.v.01] as in: cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients

Examples:
girdle the plant

'deaden'

[deaden.v.03] as in: make vapid or deprive of spirit

Examples:
deadened wine

'deaden'

[deaden.v.04] as in: lessen the momentum or velocity of

Examples:
deaden a ship's headway

'deaden'

[deaden.v.05] as in: become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigor

'deaden'

[deaden.v.06] as in: make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation

Examples:
Terror blunted her feelings
deaden a sound

'deaden'

[deaden.v.07] as in: convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil

Origins

					deaden (English)
├── -en (English)
│   ├── -en (Middle English (1100-1500))
│   └── -enen (Middle English (1100-1500))
└── dead (English)
    └── ded (Middle English (1100-1500))

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