The process by which something is deadened. / A forest clearing created by girdling the trees.

simple past tense and past participle of deaden

(transitive) To render less lively; to diminish; to muffle. / (intransitive) To become less lively; to diminish (by itself). / (transitive) To make soundproof.

present participle of deaden

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deaden

plural of deadening

plural of deadener

Something that deadens.

Alternative spelling of dead-end

(biochemistry, genetics) To remove an adenylate group from a protein; especially to activate an enzyme by this means