Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples
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Word:
deaf
IPA transcription: [d'ɛf]
adverb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
deaf
Meaning:
lacking or deprived of the sense of hearing wholly or in part
noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
deaf
Meaning:
people who have severe hearing impairments; "many of the deaf use sign language"
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
deafen, deaf
Meaning:
make or render deaf; "a deafening noise"
Usage examples
She's deaf."
"Not deaf you know.
He was not deaf however.
I will now relate what passed while Mary sat deaf in the corner.
"The man is rather deaf, and in any case we must take our chance of that.
She was deaf to the voice of Nature, though she has hearkened to that of Ambition.
Interest, cheerfulness, and patience are tremendous forces to help the little deaf child.
"Is that good gentleman of yours home, Mrs. Kebby?" he asked, in the loud tones used to deaf people.
However, the man is fortunately rather deaf, and he was entirely preoccupied in that which he was doing.
As to Zawoiski, I did not tell him the story till I met him in Carlsbad, old and deaf, forty years later.