About The Word Deaf
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Deaf
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What's The Definition Of Deaf?
[n] people who have severe hearing impairments; "many of the deaf use sign language"
[adj] lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part [v] make or render deaf Synonyms | Synonyms for Deaf: deaf as a post | deaf to(p) | deaf-and-dumb | deafen | deafened | deaf-mute | hard-of-hearing | hearing-impaired | inattentive | profoundly deaf | stone-deaf | tone-deaf | unhearing | unheeding | unlistening(a) Related Terms | Find terms related to Deaf: authoritarian | bigot | bigoted | blind | borne | bullheaded | closed | constricted | cramped | creedbound | deaf and dumb | deaf to reason | deaf-eared | deafened | deaf-mute | dogmatic | dull-eared | earless | fanatical | hard of hearing | headstrong | heedless | hidebound | illiberal | impervious | indifferent | insensible | insensitive | insular | intractable | little | little-minded | mean | mean-minded | mean-spirited | mulish | narrow | narrow-hearted | narrow-minded | narrow-souled | narrow-spirited | nearsighted | oblivious | parochial | pertinacious | perverse | petty | pigheaded | positive | preoccupied | provincial | purblind | self-willed | shortsighted | small | small-minded | stone-deaf | straitlaced | stubborn | stuffy | stunned | surd | thick of hearing | tone-deaf | uncatholic | uncharitable | unconcerned | unconscious | ungenerous | unhearing | unheedful | unliberal | unmoved | unpersuadable | unresponsive | unyielding | word-deaf See Also | deaf person | desensitise | desensitize | people Deaf In Webster's Dictionary \Deaf\ (?; 277), a. [OE. def, deaf, deef, AS. de['a]f; akin
to D. doof, G. taub, Icel. daufr, Dan. d["o]v, Sw. d["o]f,
Goth. daubs, and prob. to E. dumb (the original sense being,
dull as applied to one of the senses), and perh. to Gr. ?
(for ?) blind, ? smoke, vapor, folly, and to G. toben to
rage. Cf. {Dum}b.]
1. Wanting the sense of hearing, either wholly or in part;
unable to perceive sounds; hard of hearing; as, a deaf
man.
Come on my right hand, for this ear is deaf. --Shak.
2. Unwilling to hear or listen; determinedly inattentive;
regardless; not to be persuaded as to facts, argument, or
exhortation; -- with to; as, deaf to reason.
O, that men's ears should be To counsel deaf, but
not to flattery! --Shak.
3. Deprived of the power of hearing; deafened.
Deaf with the noise, I took my hasty flight.
--Dryden.
4. Obscurely heard; stifled; deadened. [R.]
A deaf murmur through the squadron went. --Dryden.
5. Decayed; tasteless; dead; as, a deaf nut; deaf corn. [Obs.
or Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
If the season be unkindly and intemperate, they
[peppers] will catch a blast; and then the seeds
will be deaf, void, light, and naught. --Holland.
{Deaf and dumb}, without the sense of hearing or the faculty
of speech. See {Deaf-mute}.
\Deaf\ (?; 277), v. t. To deafen. [Obs.] --Dryden. |
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