Deaden - Definition

v 1: make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible;
"muffle the message" [syn: dampen, deaden, damp]
2: cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the
circulation of water and nutrients; "girdle the plant" [syn:
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" [syn: 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