While the ocean is wide, the trench may be far from continental sources of sediment and so may be deep. As continents approach each other, the trench can fill with continental sediments and become shallower.
Definition of blunt. 3a : abrupt in speech or manner She tends to be blunt. a blunt refusalb : being straight to the point : direct To be perfectly blunt, I don't think he can do it.
Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: 1  dull(Verb) To render dull; to remove or blunt an edge or something that was sharp. Years of misuse have dulled the tools. 2  dull(Verb) To soften, moderate or blunt. He drinks to dull the pain. 3  dull(Verb) To lose a sharp edge; to become dull. A razor will dull with use.