Index of English words, starting with "de"

(1) - Deaden (a.) To deprive of gloss or brilliancy; to obscure; as, to deaden gilding by a coat of size.
(2) - Deaden (a.) To make vapid or spiritless; as, to deaden wine.
(3) - Deaden (a.) To lessen the velocity or momentum of; to retard; as, to deaden a ship's headway.
(4) - Deaden (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.

(1) - Deadener (n.) One who, or that which, deadens or checks.

(1) - Deadening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deaden