deaden
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible
muffle the message
Types & categories
- soften hypernym
Related & opposite
- damper derivation
Sense 2 verb
cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients
girdle the plant
Types & categories
- incise hypernym
Related & opposite
- girdle derivation
- plant life domain topic
Sense 3 verb
make vapid or deprive of spirit
deadened wine
Types & categories
- change hypernym
Sense 4 verb
lessen the momentum or velocity of
deaden a ship's headway
Types & categories
- retard hypernym
Sense 5 verb
become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigor
Types & categories
- change hypernym
Related & opposite
- deadening derivation
Sense 6 verb
make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation
Terror blunted her feelings
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 7 verb
convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil
Types & categories
- convert hypernym
Related & opposite
- chemistry domain topic
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | damper |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | soften |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | girdle |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | plant life |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | incise |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | retard |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | deadening |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 6 | antonym | Related & opposite | liven |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | deadening |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | obtund |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | petrify |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | soften |
| 7 | domain topic | Related & opposite | chemistry |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | convert |