Synonyms: deaden
Definition: convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil
Similar words: convert
Definition: change the nature, purpose, or function of something
Usage: convert lead into gold; convert hotels into jails; convert slaves to laborers
Definition: make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation
Usage: Terror blunted her feelings; deaden a sound
Similar words: alter, change, modify
Definition: cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
Usage: The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city; The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue
Synonyms: deaden
Definition: become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigor
Similar words: change
Definition: undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
Usage: She changed completely as she grew older; The weather changed last night
Synonyms: damp, dampen, deaden
Definition: make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible
Usage: muffle the message
Similar words: weaken, break, soften, damp, dampen
Definition: lessen in force or effect
Usage: soften a shock; break a fall
Synonyms: deaden
Definition: lessen the momentum or velocity of
Usage: deaden a ship's headway
Similar words: retard
Definition: cause to move more slowly or operate at a slower rate
Usage: This drug will retard your heart rate
Synonyms: deaden
Definition: make vapid or deprive of spirit
Usage: deadened wine
Similar words: alter, change, modify
Definition: cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
Usage: The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city; The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue
Definition: cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients
Usage: girdle the plant
Similar words: incise
Definition: make an incision into by carving or cutting