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dead·en·ing
/
ˈdɛd
n
ɪŋ
/
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[
ded
-n-ing
]
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noun
1.
a device or material employed to
deaden
or render dull.
2.
a device or material preventing the transmission of
sound
.
3.
a woodland in
which
the trees are killed by girdling prior to being cleared.
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Origin:
1775–85;
deaden
+
-ing
1
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dead·en
/
ˈdɛd
n
/
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[
ded
-n
]
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verb (used with object)
1.
to make less sensitive, active, energetic, or forcible; weaken:
to deaden
sound
; to deaden the senses; to deaden the
force
of a blow.
2.
to lessen the velocity of; retard:
to deaden the headway of a ship.
3.
to make impervious to sound, as a floor.
verb (used without object)
4.
to become
dead
.
Origin:
1655–65;
dead
+
-en
1
Related forms
dead·en·er,
noun
un·dead·ened,
adjective
Synonyms
1.
blunt, diminish, lessen, numb, dull.
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World English Dictionary
deaden
(ˈdɛd
ə
n)
—
vb
1.
to make or become less sensitive, intense, lively, etc; damp or be damped down; dull
2.
(
tr
) to make acoustically less resonant:
he deadened the room with heavy curtains
'deadener
—
n
'deadening
—
adj
deaden
(ˈdɛd
ə
n)
—
vb
1.
to make or become less sensitive, intense, lively, etc; damp or be damped down; dull
2.
(
tr
) to make acoustically less resonant:
he deadened the room with heavy curtains
'deadener
—
n
'deadening
—
adj
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
deaden
1660s "deprive of or diminish (some quality)," from
dead
. Earlier the verb was simply dead.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
But they intrude, being dramatically
deadening
and musically alien.
In these lean times fewer cows conceive, and fewer calves survive the crucial
crunch of summer before the
deadening
of winter.
Remove lower value trees by logging, or by turning them into firewood after
chemical or mechanical
deadening
.
Katherine has reached her own
deadening
accommodation with life.
Second astronauts often face issues with a
deadening
of their taste buds.
Rubber sound
deadening
shall be provided to effectively reduce impact noise.
The philosophy student's talk was confusing and
deadening
.
Where sound
deadening
board is shown, secure with screws to metal or wood framing.
Or maybe it's nothing more than an attempt to romanticise to yourself what is otherwise a soul-
deadening
activity.
Perhaps she was always this way, or perhaps the years have done a number on her,
deadening
her to joy and beauty.
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