Definition: To make as dead; to impair in vigor, force, activity, or
sensation; to lessen the force or acuteness of; to blunt; as, to deaden
the natural powers or feelings; to deaden a sound.
Definition: To lessen the velocity or momentum of; to retard; as, to
deaden a ship's headway.
Definition: To make vapid or spiritless; as, to deaden wine.
Definition: To deprive of gloss or brilliancy; to obscure; as, to
deaden gilding by a coat of size.
