1.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. "As harper lays his open palm Upon his harp, to deaden its vibrations."
2.To lessen the velocity or momentum of; to retard; as, to deaden a ship's headway.
3.To make vapid or spiritless; as, to deaden wine.
4.To deprive of gloss or brilliancy; to obscure; as, to deaden gilding by a coat of size.
5.To render impervious to sound, as a wall or floor; to deafen.
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