deaf
IPA: dˈɛf
noun
- (nonstandard, rare) A deaf person.
verb
- (obsolete, transitive) To deafen.
adjective
- Unable to hear, or only partially able to hear.
- Unwilling to listen or be persuaded; determinedly inattentive; regardless.
- Of or relating to the community of deaf people.
- (obsolete) Obscurely heard; stifled; deadened.
- (obsolete, UK, dialect) Decayed; tasteless; dead.
- Of or relating to the culture surrounding deaf users of sign languages.
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Examples of "deaf" in Sentences
- One of the symptoms is deafness.
- The inability to hear is called deafness.
- The school is for the deaf and the blind.
- The breed is also predisposed to deafness.
- Deafness is not the usual state of humanity.
- The character pretended to be deaf and mute.
- The deaf could hear, and the dumb could talk.
- The character is pretended to be deaf and mute.
- The blind see, the deaf hear, and the lame walk.
- But the chance to give those living in deafness the gift of sound urged him on.
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