deaf
/diːf/
noun
- 1
A deaf person.
noun
- 1
(with "the") Those who are deaf, taken as a group.
verb
- 1
To deafen.
adjective
- 1
Unable to hear, or only partially able to hear.
- 2
Unwilling to listen or be persuaded; determinedly inattentive; regardless.
“Those people are deaf to reason.”
- 3
Obscurely heard; stifled; deadened.
- 4
Decayed; tasteless; dead.
“a deaf nut; deaf corn”
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