deaden
verbverified·updated Jun 3, 2026
convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil
Framework senses
- §1
- convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil
- §2
- make less lively, intense, or vigorous
- §3
- become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active
- §4
- make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible
- §5
- lessen the momentum or velocity of
- §6
- make vapid or deprive of spirit
- §7
- cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients
- §1 · legacy_primary
- convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oilDR-088 backfill from the verb definition column