deaden 音标拼音: [d'ɛdən]
vt . 使减弱,消除
vi . 减弱
使减弱,消除减弱
deaden v 1 :
make vague or obscure or make (
an image )
less visible ;
"
muffle the message " [
synonym : {
dampen }, {
deaden }, {
damp }]
2 :
cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients ; "
girdle the plant " [
synonym :
{
girdle }, {
deaden }]
3 :
make vapid or deprive of spirit ; "
deadened wine "
4 :
lessen the momentum or velocity of ; "
deaden a ship '
s headway "
5 :
become lifeless ,
less lively ,
intense ,
or active ;
lose life ,
force ,
or vigor 6 :
make less lively ,
intense ,
or vigorous ;
impair in vigor ,
force ,
activity ,
or sensation ; "
Terror blunted her feelings ";
"
deaden a sound " [
synonym : {
deaden }, {
blunt }] [
ant : {
animate },
{
enliven }, {
invigorate }, {
liven }, {
liven up }]
7 :
convert (
metallic mercury )
into a grey powder consisting of minute globules ,
as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil Deaden \
Dead "
en \ (
d [
e ^]
d "'
n ),
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Deadened }
(
d [
e ^]
d "'
nd );
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Deadening }.] [
From {
Dead };
cf .
AS .
d ?
dan to kill ,
put to death .
See {
Dead },
a .]
1 .
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 .
[
1913 Webster ]
As harper lays his open palm Upon his harp ,
to deaden its vibrations .
--
Longfellow .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
To lessen the velocity or momentum of ;
to retard ;
as ,
to deaden a ship '
s headway .
[
1913 Webster ]
3 .
To make vapid or spiritless ;
as ,
to deaden wine .
[
1913 Webster ]
4 .
To deprive of gloss or brilliancy ;
to obscure ;
as ,
to deaden gilding by a coat of size .
[
1913 Webster ]
5 .
To render impervious to sound ,
as a wall or floor ;
to deafen .
[
Webster 1913 Suppl .]
127 Moby Thesaurus words for "
deaden ":
KO ,
abate ,
absorb the shock ,
allay ,
alleviate ,
anesthetize ,
appease ,
assuage ,
attemper ,
attenuate ,
baffle ,
bank the fire ,
bedaze ,
benumb ,
besot ,
blunt ,
break the fall ,
chasten ,
chloroform ,
coldcock ,
constrain ,
control ,
cramp ,
cripple ,
cushion ,
damp ,
dampen ,
de -
emphasize ,
deaden the pain ,
deafen ,
debilitate ,
desensitize ,
devitalize ,
diminish ,
dope ,
downplay ,
drug ,
dull ,
ease ,
ease matters ,
enervate ,
enfeeble ,
etherize ,
eviscerate ,
exhaust ,
extenuate ,
foment ,
freeze ,
give relief ,
gruel ,
kayo ,
keep within bounds ,
knock out ,
knock senseless ,
knock stiff ,
knock unconscious ,
lay ,
lay low ,
lay out ,
lenify ,
lessen ,
lighten ,
lull ,
mat ,
mitigate ,
moderate ,
modulate ,
mollify ,
muffle ,
mull ,
mute ,
narcotize ,
neutralize ,
numb ,
obtund ,
offset ,
pad ,
palliate ,
palsy ,
paralyze ,
play down ,
poultice ,
pour balm into ,
pour oil on ,
put to sleep ,
rattle ,
reduce ,
reduce the temperature ,
relieve ,
restrain ,
salve ,
sap ,
shake ,
shake up ,
show consideration ,
show mercy ,
show pity ,
slacken ,
slake ,
slow down ,
smother ,
sober ,
sober down ,
soft -
pedal ,
soften ,
soften the blow ,
soften up ,
soothe ,
stifle ,
stop ,
stun ,
stupe ,
stupefy ,
subdue ,
suppress ,
tame ,
temper ,
tone down ,
tune down ,
unbrace ,
undermine ,
underplay ,
unman ,
unnerve ,
unstrengthen ,
unstring ,
weaken
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