(פ') לשכך, להקל; להרדים, לאלחש, להקהות; להפוך לפחות עירני; להפוך למת; להרוג; לאטום, לעשות לחסין-קול; לעשות תפל, לשלול או להסיר אלכוהול (כגון: יין)

v. diminish, alleviate; anesthetize, numb; make less lively; become dead; kill; make soundproof; make vapid, deprive of alcohol (such as wine)

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Verb
1. make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible; "muffle the message"
(synonym) dampen, damp
(hypernym) dampen, damp, soften, weaken, break
2. cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients; "girdle the plant"
(synonym) girdle
(hypernym) incise
(classification) plant, flora, plant life
3. make vapid or deprive of spirit; "deadened wine"
(hypernym) change, alter, modify
4. lessen the momentum or velocity of; "deaden a ship's headway"
(hypernym) retard
5. become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigor
(hypernym) change
(derivation) stultification, constipation, impairment, deadening
6. make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; "Terror blunted her feelings"; "deaden a sound"
(synonym) blunt
(antonym) enliven, liven, liven up, invigorate, animate
(hypernym) change, alter, modify
(hyponym) obtund
(derivation) stultification, constipation, impairment, deadening
7. convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil
(hypernym) convert
(classification) chemistry, chemical science

v. zmírnit; umrtvit

Czas. łagodzić; tłumić

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

(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.
  

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

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