in a close relation or position in time or space; "the onsets were closely timed"; "houses set closely together"; "was closely involved in monitoring daily progress"
in a close manner; "the two phenomena are intimately connected"; "the person most nearly concerned"
(of business) not active or brisk; "business is dull (or slow)"; "a sluggish market"
emitting or reflecting very little light; "a dull glow"; "dull silver badly in need of a polish"; "a dull sky"
(of color) very low in saturation; highly diluted; "dull greens and blues"
darkened with overcast; "a dark day"; "a dull sky"; "a grey rainy afternoon"; "grey clouds"; "the sky was leaden and thick"
not having a sharp edge or point; "the knife was too dull to be of any use"
not keenly felt; "a dull throbbing"; "dull pain"
lacking in liveliness or animation; "he was so dull at parties"; "a dull political campaign"; "a large dull impassive man"; "dull days with nothing to do"; "how dull and dreary the world is"; "fell back into one of her dull moods"
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"
not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft; "the dull thud"; "thudding bullets"
blunted in responsiveness or sensibility; "a dull gaze"; "so exhausted she was dull to what went on about her"- Willa Cather
make less lively or vigorous; "Middle age dulled her appetite for travel"
become dull or lusterless in appearance; lose shine or brightness; "the varnished table top dulled with time"
make dull in appearance; "Age had dulled the surface"
make dull or blunt; "Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge"
a fabric made of a yarn that is partly or entirely of metal
containing or made of or resembling or characteristic of a metal; "a metallic compound"; "metallic luster"; "the strange metallic note of the meadow lark, suggesting the clash of vibrant blades"- Ambrose Bierce
very generous; "distributed gifts with a lavish hand"; "the critics were lavish in their praise"; "a munificent gift"; "his father gave him a half-dollar and his mother a quarter and he thought them munificent"; "prodigal praise"; "unsparing generosity"; "his unstinted devotion"; "called for unstinting aid to Britain"
characterized by extravagance and profusion; "a lavish buffet"; "a lucullan feast"
expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns; "He was showered with praise"
gathered together or made less diffuse; "their concentrated efforts"; "his concentrated attention"; "concentrated study"; "a narrow thread of concentrated ore"
of or relating to a solution whose dilution has been reduced
intensely focused; "her concentrated passion held them at bay"
a part of the cell containing DNA and RNA and responsible for growth and reproduction
any histologically identifiable mass of neural cell bodies in the brain or spinal cord
the positively charged dense center of an atom
(astronomy) the center of the head of a comet; consists of small solid particles of ice and frozen gas that vaporizes on approaching the sun to form the coma and tail