Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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deaden | No | No | Yes | No |
dampen | No | No | Yes | No |
deaden (verb) | dampen (verb) |
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become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigor | lessen in force or effect |
make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation | make moist |
lessen the momentum or velocity of | check; keep in check (a fire) |
make vapid or deprive of spirit | make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible |
convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil | reduce the amplitude (of oscillations or waves) |
make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible | suppress or constrain so as to lessen in intensity |
cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients | deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping |