dull

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Adjective

1. Lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp.
   • All these knives are dull.
2. Boring; not exciting or interesting.
   • He sat through the dull lecture and barely stayed awake.
3. Not shiny; having a matte finish or no particular luster or brightness.
   • Choose a dull finish to hide fingerprints.
   • a dull fire or lamp; a dull red or yellow; a dull mirror
4. Not bright or intelligent; stupid; having slow understanding.
5. Sluggish, listless.
6. Bored, depressed, down.
   • I felt dull all day.
7. Cloudy, overcast.
   • It's a dull day.
8. Insensible; unfeeling.
9. Heavy; lifeless; inert.
10. Not intense; felt indistinctly or only slightly.
    • Pressing on the bruise produces a dull pain.
11. Not clear, muffled.

Verb

1. To render dull; to remove or blunt an edge or something that was sharp.
   • Years of misuse have dulled the tools.
2. To soften, moderate or blunt; to make dull, stupid, or sluggish; to stupefy.
   • He drinks to dull the pain.
3. To lose a sharp edge; to become dull.
   • A razor will dull with use.
4. To render dim or obscure; to sully; to tarnish.

Noun

1. A noose of string, metal wire, or hair used to snare an animal, especially a fish.

Verb

1. To fish (or snare an animal, especially a fish) with such a noose.

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