What is "deadened"

Invalidity \In`va*lid"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. invalidit['e], LL. invaliditas lack of health.]

1. Lack of validity or cogency; lack of legal force or efficacy; invalidness; as, the invalidity of an agreement or of a will.

2. Lack of health; infirmity. [Obs.]
   --Sir W. Temple.

Phantasm \Phan"tasm\, n. [L. phantasma. See Phantom, and cf. Fantasm.] [Spelt also fantasm.]

1. An image formed by the mind, and supposed to be real or material; a shadowy or airy appearance; sometimes, an optical illusion; a phantom; a dream.

   They be but phantasms or apparitions.
   --Sir W. Raleigh.

2. A mental image or representation of a real object; a fancy; a notion.
   --Cudworth.

   Figures or little features, of which the description had produced in you no phantasm or expectation.
   --Jer. Taylor.

Junto \Jun"to\ (j[u^]n"t[-o]), n.; pl. Juntos (j[u^]n"t[-o]s). A secret council to deliberate on affairs of government or politics; a number of men combined for party intrigue; a faction; a cabal; as, a junto of ministers; a junto of politicians.

The puzzling sons of party next appeared, In dark cabals and mighty juntos met.
--Thomson.

Whider \Whid"er\, adv. Whither. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.

Pseudotetramera \Pseu`do*te*tram"e*ra\, n. pl. [NL. See Pseudo-, and Tetramerous.] (Zo["o]l.) A division of beetles having the fifth tarsal joint minute and obscure, so that there appear to be but four joints. -- Pseu`do*te*tram"er*al, a.

Blow \Blow\, v. i. [imp. Blew (bl[=u]); p. p. Blown (bl[=o]n); p. pr. & vb. n. Blowing.] [OE. blawen, blowen, AS. bl[=a]wan to blow, as wind; akin to OHG. pl[=a]jan, G. bl["a]hen, to blow up, swell, L. flare to blow, Gr. 'ekflai`nein to spout out, and to E. bladder, blast, inflate, etc., and perh. blow to bloom.]

1. To produce a current of air; to move, as air, esp. to move rapidly or with power; as, the wind blows.

   Hark how it rains and blows !
   --Walton.

2. To send forth a forcible current of air, as from the mouth or from a pair of bellows.

3. To breathe hard or quick; to pant; to puff.

   Here is Mistress Page at the door, sweating and blowing.
   --Shak.

4. To sound on being blown into, as a trumpet.

   There let the pealing organ blow.
   --Milton.

5. To spout water, etc., from the blowholes, as a whale.

6. To be carried or moved by the wind; as, the dust blows in from the street.

   The grass blows from their graves to thy own.
   --M. Arnold.

7. To talk loudly; to boast; to storm. [Colloq.]

   You blow behind my back, but dare not say anything to my face.
   --Bartlett.

8. To stop functioning due to a failure in an electrical circuit, especially on which breaks the circuit; sometimes used with out; -- used of light bulbs, electronic components, fuses; as, the dome light in the car blew out.

9. To deflate by sudden loss of air; usually used with out; -- of inflatable tires. To blow hot and cold (a saying derived from a fable of [AE]sop's), to favor a thing at one time and treat it coldly at another; or to appear both to favor and to oppose. To blow off, to let steam escape through a passage provided for the purpose; as, the engine or steamer is blowing off. To blow out.

   1. To be driven out by the expansive force of a gas or vapor; as, a steam cock or valve sometimes blows out.

   2. To talk violently or abusively. [Low]

      To blow over, to pass away without effect; to cease, or be dissipated; as, the storm and the clouds have blown over.

      To blow up, to be torn to pieces and thrown into the air as by an explosion of powder or gas or the expansive force of steam; to burst; to explode; as, a powder mill or steam boiler blows up. ``The enemy's magazines blew up.''
      --Tatler.

Blow \Blow\, v. t.

1. To force a current of air upon with the mouth, or by other means; as, to blow the fire.

2. To drive by a current air; to impel; as, the tempest blew the ship ashore.

   Off at sea northeast winds blow Sabean odors from the spicy shore.
   --Milton.

3. To cause air to pass through by the action of the mouth, or otherwise; to cause to sound, as a wind instrument; as, to blow a trumpet; to blow an organ; to blow a horn.

   Hath she no husband That will take pains to blow a horn before her?
   --Shak.

   Boy, blow the pipe until the bubble rise, Then cast it off to float upon the skies.
   --Parnell.

4. To clear of contents by forcing air through; as, to blow an egg; to blow one's nose.

5. To burst, shatter, or destroy by an explosion; -- usually with up, down, open, or similar adverb; as, to blow up a building.

6. To spread by report; to publish; to disclose; to reveal, intentionally or inadvertently; as, to blow an agent's cover.

   Through the court his courtesy was blown.
   --Dryden.

   His language does his knowledge blow.
   --Whiting.

7. To form by inflation; to swell by injecting air; as, to blow bubbles; to blow glass.

8. To inflate, as with pride; to puff up.

   Look how imagination blows him.
   --Shak.

9. To put out of breath; to cause to blow from fatigue; as, to blow a horse.
   --Sir W. Scott.

10. To deposit eggs or larv[ae] upon, or in (meat, etc.).

    To suffer The flesh fly blow my mouth.
    --Shak.

11. To perform an act of fellatio on; to stimulate another's penis with one's mouth; -- usually considered vulgar.

12. to smoke (e. g. marijuana); to blow pot. [colloq.]

13. to botch; to bungle; as, he blew his chance at a good job by showing up late for the interview. [colloq.]

14. to leave; to depart from; as, to blow town. [slang]

15. to squander; as, he blew his inheritance gambling. To blow great guns, to blow furiously and with roaring blasts; -- said of the wind at sea or along the coast. To blow off, to empty (a boiler) of water through the blow-off pipe, while under steam pressure; also, to eject (steam, water, sediment, etc.) from a boiler. To blow one's own trumpet, to vaunt one's own exploits, or sound one's own praises. To blow out, to extinguish by a current of air, as a candle. To blow up.

    1. To fill with air; to swell; as, to blow up a bladder or bubble.

    2. To inflate, as with pride, self-conceit, etc.; to puff up; as, to blow one up with flattery. ``Blown up with high conceits engendering pride.''
       --Milton.

    3. To excite; as, to blow up a contention.

    4. To burst, to raise into the air, or to scatter, by an explosion; as, to blow up a fort.

    5. To scold violently; as, to blow up a person for some offense. [Colloq.] I have blown him up well -- nobody can say I wink at what he does. --G. Eliot. To blow upon.

       1. To blast; to taint; to bring into discredit; to render stale, unsavory, or worthless.

       2. To inform against. [Colloq.]

          How far the very custom of hearing anything spouted withers and blows upon a fine passage, may be seen in those speeches from [Shakespeare's] Henry V. which are current in the mouths of schoolboys.
          --C. Lamb.

          A lady's maid whose character had been blown upon.
          --Macaulay.

Moldable \Mold"a*ble\, Mouldable \Mould"a*ble\, a. Capable of being molded or formed.

Tampion \Tam"pi*on\, n. [F. tampon, tapon, tape, of Dutch or German origin. See Tap a pipe or plug, and cf. Tamp, Tampop, Tompion.] [Written also tampeon, and tompion.]

1. A wooden stopper, or plug, as for a cannon or other piece of ordnance, when not in use.

2. (Mus.) A plug for upper end of an organ pipe.

Inadhesion \In`ad*he"sion\, n. Lack of adhesion.

Lash \Lash\, v. i. To ply the whip; to strike; to utter censure or sarcastic language.

To laugh at follies, or to lash at vice.
--Dryden.

To lash out, to strike out wildly or furiously; also used figuratively.

Deaden \Dead"en\ (d[e^]d"'n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deadened (d[e^]d"'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Deadening.] [From Dead; cf. AS. d?dan to kill, put to death. See Dead, a.]

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.
   --Longfellow.

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.

vb. (en-past of: desalinize)

n. A severe form of legionellosis, producing high fever and pneumonia

n. The state of being invalid; lack of validity.

vb. (context nonstandard English) (alternative spelling of anoint English)

n. (alternative spelling of phantasm English)

vb. (en-past of: profligate)

n. A group of men assembled for some common purpose; a club, or cabal.

n. (plural of inula English)

n. Someone who is managed, a subordinate of a manager.

n. One who studies geolinguistics.

n. (context physics English) An optical device used to generate multiple beams of light of different frequency

n. (alternative spelling of back labor from=UK English)

a. Seeming to have a lunk for a head; obtuse

n. (context beekeeping English) The breeding of queen bees

vb. (present participle of dish out English)

n. (plural of imene English)

n. (semi-finalist English)

a. exhausted (as if with sexual activity)

vb. 1 (&lit hang out dry English) 2 (context transitive idiomatic English) To abandon someone who is in need or in danger, especially a colleague or one dependent.

vb. To show again.

vb. (en-past of: defictionalize)

n. (context mineral English) A saline evaporite consisting of a mixed potassium and magnesium chloride; sometimes used as a flux in steelmaking.

a. (alternative spelling of mouldable English)

vb. (present participle of bale out English)

n. (alternative spelling of tampion English)

vb. (context transitive English) To fit with new plumbing.

vb. (present participle of gloss over English)

n. Lack of adhesion.

n. (context informal English) chairpeople

n. (cx biology archaic English) A microorganism, especially one that is pathogenic.

a. (context idiomatic English) experience a temporary misfortune

a. (context simile colloquial English) asleep or unconscious, particularly if this has occurred suddenly and the sleep is deep.

vb. (en-past of: deaden)

n. illogicality as a consequence of having a conclusion that does not follow from the premisses [syn: invalidness]

n. a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue [syn: cabal, faction, camarilla]

n. a plant where beverages are put into bottles with caps

adj. capable of being molded or modeled (especially of earth or clay or other soft material); "plastic substances such as wax or clay" [syn: fictile, plastic]

n. an acute disease characterized by fever and swollen lymph nodes and an abnormal increase of mononuclear leucocytes or monocytes in the bloodstream; not highly contagious; some believe it can be transmitted by kissing [syn: mononucleosis, mono, glandular fever, kissing disease]

n. curved rodlike motile bacterium [syn: vibrio]

1. adj. devoid of physical sensation; numb; "his gums were dead from the novocain"; "she felt no discomfort as the dentist drilled her deadened tooth"; "a public desensitized by continuous television coverage of atrocities" [syn: dead]

2. made or become less intense; "the deadened pangs of hunger"