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Look up: dull

  1. Dull
    Dull is a constable in Love's Labour's Lost.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  2. Dull
    Lacking in character and acidity.
    Found on http://www.chowbaby.com/10_2000/glossary

  3. Dull
    Lacking liveliness and proper acidity; uninteresting.
    Found on http://www.sallys-place.com/beverages/wi

  4. dull
    [adj] - blunted in responsiveness or sensibility 2. [adj] - not clear and resonant 3. [adj] - being or made softer or less loud or clear 4. [adj] - lacking in liveliness or animation 5. [adj] - not keenly felt 6. [adj] - not having a sharp edge or point 7. [adj] - darkened with overcast 8. [adj] - (of color) very low in saturation 9. [adj] - emitting or reflecting very little light 10. [adj] - (of business) not active or brisk 11. [v] - make dull or blunt, as of sharp edges or knives` blades 12. [v] - make dull in appearance 13. [v] - become dull or lusterless in appearance 14. [v] - make less lively or vigorous
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  5. dull
    term applied to wines which have a distinct colloidal haze, but which are free of visible suspended material; hazy. Wine with faint turbidity Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries • (1)Term applied to textile materials,the normal lustre of which has been reduced by physical or chemical means.(2)That colour quality,an increase in which may be compared w...
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  6. Dull
    Dull adjective [ Compar. Duller ; superl. Dullest .] [ Anglo-Saxon dol foolish; akin to gedwelan to err, Dutch dol mad, dwalen to wander, err, German toll mad, Goth. dwals foolish, stupid, confer Greek ... turbid, troubled, Sanskrit dhvr to cause to fall. Confer Dolt , Dwal ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/130

  7. Dull
    Dull transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Duller ; present participle & verbal noun 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; ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/130

  8. Dull
    Dull intransitive verb To become dull or stupid. Rom. of R.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/130

  9. dull
    1. Slow of understanding; wanting readiness of apprehension; stupid; doltish; blockish. 'Dull at classical learning.' 'She is not bred so dull but she can learn.' (Shak) ... 2. Slow in action; sluggish; unready; awkward. 'This people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing.' (Matt. Xiii. 15) 'O, help my weak wit and sharpen my dul ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  10. dull
    grey adjective darkened with overcast; `a dark day`; `a dull sky`; `a grey rainy afternoon`; `grey clouds`; `the sky was leaden and thick`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  11. dull
    muffled adjective being or made softer or less loud or clear; `the dull boom of distant breaking waves`; `muffled drums`; `the muffled noises of the street`; `muted trumpets`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  12. dull
    slow adjective (of business) not active or brisk; `business is dull (or slow)`; `a sluggish market`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  13. dull
    thudding adjective not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft; `the dull thud`; `thudding bullets`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  14. dull
    adjective (of color) very low in saturation; highly diluted; `dull greens and blues`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  15. dull
    adjective blunted in responsiveness or sensibility; `a dull gaze`; `so exhausted she was dull to what went on about her`- Willa Cather
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  16. dull
    verb become dull or lusterless in appearance; lose shine or brightness; `the varnished table top dulled with time`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  17. dull
    verb make dull or blunt; `Too much cutting dulls the knife`s edge`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  18. dull
    (dul) not resonant; used to describe sounds heard during percussion.
    Found on http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns

  19. Dull
    • (v. t.) To deprive of sharpness of edge or point. • (superl.) Slow of understanding; wanting readiness of apprehension; stupid; doltish; blockish. • (v. i.) To become dull or stupid. • (superl.) Slow in action; sluggish; unready; awkward. • (superl.) Not bright or clear to the eye; wanting in liveliness of color or luster...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  20. dull
    dull, duller, dullest, dullness, dullish 1. Intellectually weak or obtuse; stupid; mentally very slow. 2. Lacking responsiveness or alertness; insensitive. 3. Dispirited; depressed. 4. Not brisk or rapid; sluggish. 5. Not having a sharp edge or point; blunt; such as, a dull knife. 6. Not intensely or keenly felt; for example, a dull ache. 7. Arousing no interest or curiosity; boring...
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  21. dull
    Not sharp or acute, in any sense; qualifying a surgical instrument, the action of the mind, pain, a sound (especially the percussion note), etc. [M.E. dul]
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  22. dull
    boring, not exciting; not bright or sharp
    Found on http://www.eslgold.com/acad_vocab_defini


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