According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.
deadened
(adjective) made or become less intense; “the deadened pangs of hunger”
dead, deadened
(adjective) 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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
deadened
simple past tense and past participle of deaden
Source: Wiktionary
Dead"en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deadened; p. pr. & vb. n. Deadening.] Etym: [From Dead; cf. AS. d 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
21 June 2024
(noun) a charge required as compensation for the delay of a ship or freight car or other cargo beyond its scheduled time of departure
According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.