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(1):

(a.) To lessen the velocity or momentum of; to retard; as, to deaden a ship's headway.

(2):

(a.) To make vapid or spiritless; as, to deaden wine.

(3):

(a.) To deprive of gloss or brilliancy; to obscure; as, to deaden gilding by a coat of size.

(4):

(a.) To make as dead; to impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; to lessen the force or acuteness of; to blunt; as, to deaden the natural powers or feelings; to deaden a sound.

(5):

(v. t.) To render impervious to sound, as a wall or floor; to deafen.