Deaf

noun

/diːf/

Word Frequency: 7.4

Definitions

1.nounA deaf person.

2.noun(with "the") Those who are deaf, taken as a group.

3.verbTo deafen.

4.adjectiveUnable to hear, or only partially able to hear.

5.adjectiveUnwilling to listen or be persuaded; determinedly inattentive; regardless.

"Those people are deaf to reason."

6.adjectiveObscurely heard; stifled; deadened.

7.adjectiveDecayed; tasteless; dead.

"a deaf nut; deaf corn"

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