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Definitions of deaf
  1. adjective
    (usually followed by `to') unwilling or refusing to pay heed
    "deaf to her warnings"
  2. verb
    make or render deaf
    "a deafening noise"

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  3. adjective
    lacking or deprived of the sense of hearing wholly or in part
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  4. noun
    people who have severe hearing impairments
    "many of the deaf use sign language"
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Definition that contains deaf
  • sign used of the language of the deaf
  • dumb unable to speak because of hereditary deafness
  • signed used of the language of the deaf
  • silent unable to speak because of hereditary deafness
  • deaf make or render deaf
  • mute a deaf person who is unable to speak
  • mute unable to speak because of hereditary deafness
  • keller United States lecturer and writer who was blind and deaf from the age of 19 months; Anne Sullivan taught her to read and write and speak; Helen Keller graduated from college and went on to champion the cause of blind and deaf people (1880-1968)
  • acoustic a remedy for hearing loss or deafness
  • oxymoron conjoining contradictory terms (as in `deafening silence')
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