Sekirov Dictionary

deaf

/dɛf/

adjective 6
noun 1
verb 1
forms 5
phrases 3

adjective6

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without the power to hear, or with only a little of it
- My brother has been deaf since sustaining injuries in the war.
- It's important for TV shows to provide closed captioning for the deaf.
•
Unwilling to listen or be persuaded; determinedly inattentive.
- Those people are deaf to reason.
•
Of or relating to the culture surrounding deaf users of sign languages.
- There are Deaf clubs in many cities, but the clubs are just a part of the larger community of Deaf people. — 2006
Of or relating to the community of deaf people.
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(no longer used) Obscurely heard; stifled; deadened.
- A deaf murmur through the squadron went. — 1717
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(dialect, no longer used) Decayed; tasteless; useless.
- If the season be unkindly and intemperate, they [peppers] will catch a blast; and then the seeds will be deafe, void, light, and naught. — 1601

noun1

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(nonstandard, rare) A deaf person.
- Among the second group of philanthropic educational institutions the institutes for the deafs and dumbs must be mentioned. — 1897

verb1

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(no longer used) To deafen.
- It is enough, my hearing shall be punish'd With what shall happen, -- 'gainst the which there is No deafing -- but to hear, not taint mine eye With dread sights that it may shun. — 1634

forms

deafed · deafing · deafs · deafer · deafest

Phrases with deaf

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