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dull

/dʌl/ verbo C2

En español: mellar, deslustrar, arromar, enromar

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

He/she/it dulls · Pasado dulled · Participio pasado dulled · Forma en -ing dulling

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De la biblioteca

And there’s one thing certain, no house will ever be dull that she’s in.”
Anne of Green Gables, p. 104 · C1
Once the house had been painted, but the sun blistered the paint and the rains washed it away, and now the house was as dull and gray as everything else.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 1 · B2
As I looked at the deep-set windows and the long sweep of the dull-coloured, water-lapped front, I felt that no more fitting scene could be set for such a tragedy.
The Valley of Fear, p. 39 · C1
Yet, if his emotions were dulled, his intellectual perceptions were exceedingly active.
The Valley of Fear, p. 11 · C1

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