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Definition of Dull

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Dull Dull, v. i. To become dull or stupid. --Rom. of R.
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Dull Dull, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Duller; p. pr. & vb. n. Dulling.] 1. To deprive of sharpness of edge or point. ``This . . . dulled their swords.' --Bacon. Borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry. --Shak. 2. To make dull, stupid, or sluggish; to stupefy, as the senses, the feelings, the perceptions, and the like. Those [drugs] she has Will stupefy and dull the sense a while. --Shak. Use and custom have so dulled our eyes. --Trench. 3. To render dim or obscure; to sully; to tarnish. ``Dulls the mirror.' --Bacon. 4. To deprive of liveliness or activity; to render heavy; to make inert; to depress; to weary; to sadden. Attention of mind . . . wasted or dulled through continuance. --Hooker.

Meaning of Dull from wikipedia

- Look up dull in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Dull may refer to: Dull, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, United Kingdom, a village Dull, Ohio, United States...
- Look up dullness in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Dullness may refer to: A lack of perceived brightness A lack of perceived colorfulness A dull sound...
- Dulle Griet (anglicized as Dull Gret), also known as Mad Meg, is a figure of Flemish folklore who is the subject of a 1563 oil-on-panel by Flemish renaissance...
- The dull-blue flycatcher (Eumyias sordidus) is a small p****erine bird in the flycatcher family, Muscicapidae. This species is an endemic resident breeder...
- "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy" is an old proverb that means without time off from work, a person becomes both bored and boring. It is often...
- The Dull Sword (****anese: なまくら刀, Hepburn: Namakura Gatana) is a ****anese animated short film produced by Jun'ichi Kōuchi in 1917. It was rediscovered by...
- McDull (Chinese: 麥兜; Jyutping: mak6 dau1) is an anthropomorphic pig cartoon character created by Hong Kong cartoonists Alice Mak and Brian Tse. Although...
- In medicine, shifting dullness refers to a sign elicited on physical examination for ascites (fluid in the peritoneal cavity). The test is performed by...
- Alternate names for the buff-vented bulbul include the crested olive bulbul, dull-brown bulbul and Finsch's olive bulbul. BirdLife International (2016). "Iole...
- Vóóhéhéve; also known by his Lakota Sioux name Tȟamílapȟéšni or its translation, Dull Knife) (c. 1810–1883) was a great chief of the Northern Cheyenne people and...