Definition of Deaden

Verb: deaden de-d(u)n

Make vague, obscure or make (an image) less visible
- dampen, damp
Cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients
- girdle
Make vapid or deprive of spirit
"deadened wine"
Lessen the momentum or velocity of
"deaden a ship's headway"
Become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigour
Make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigour, force, activity, or sensation
"deaden a sound";
- blunt
(chemistry) convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil