Sekirov Dictionary

dull

/dʌl/

adjective 11
verb 5
noun 1
forms 6

adjective11

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Lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp.
- All these knives are dull.
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without anything lively or new, so that people soon lose interest
- He sat through the dull lecture and barely stayed awake.
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Not intense; felt indistinctly or only slightly.
- Pressing on the bruise produces a dull pain.
Not clear, muffled. (of a noise or sound)
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Not shiny; having a matte finish or no particular luster or brightness.
- Choose a dull finish to hide fingerprints.
- a dull fire or lamp
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Cloudy, overcast.
- It's a dull day.
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Not bright or intelligent; stupid; having slow understanding.
- She is not bred so dull but she can learn. — 1596
•
Sluggish, listless.
- This people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing. — 1611
•
Heavy; lifeless; inert.
- As turning the logs will make a dull fire burn, so changes of study a dull brain. — 1857
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Bored, depressed, down.
- I felt dull all day.
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Insensible; unfeeling.
- Think me not / So dull a devil to forget the loss / Of such a matchless wife. — 1616

verb5

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To render dull; to remove or blunt an edge or something that was sharp.
- Years of misuse have dulled the tools.
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To lose a sharp edge; to become dull.
- A razor will dull with use.
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To soften, moderate or blunt; to make dull, stupid, or sluggish; to stupefy.
- He drinks to dull the pain.
To render dim or obscure; to sully; to tarnish.
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(Ireland, no longer used) To fish (or snare an animal, especially a fish) with such a noose.
- I hope that the barbarous practice called dulling has gone out of fashion. — 1880

noun1

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(Ireland, no longer used) A noose of string, metal wire, or hair used to snare an animal, especially a fish.
- Play fair, boys. No dynamite nor "dulling." The deadly "dull," or wire noose, is a fatal weapon against a trout. — 1903

forms

dulled · dulling · dulleth · dulls · duller · dullest

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