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Definitions for: Deaf
[n] people who have severe hearing impairments; "many of the deaf use sign language"
[adj] lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part
[v] make or render deaf
Webster (1913) Definition: Deaf (?; 277), a. [OE. def, deaf, deef, AS. de['a]f; akin
to D. doof, G. taub, Icel. daufr, Dan. d["o]v, Sw. d["o]f,
Goth. daubs, and prob. to E. dumb (the original sense being,
dull as applied to one of the senses), and perh. to Gr. ?
(for ?) blind, ? smoke, vapor, folly, and to G. toben to
rage. Cf. Dumb.]
1. Wanting the sense of hearing, either wholly or in part;
unable to perceive sounds; hard of hearing; as, a deaf
man.
Come on my right hand, for this ear is deaf. --Shak.
2. Unwilling to hear or listen; determinedly inattentive;
regardless; not to be persuaded as to facts, argument, or
exhortation; -- with to; as, deaf to reason.
O, that men's ears should be To counsel deaf, but
not to flattery! --Shak.
3. Deprived of the power of hearing; deafened.
Deaf with the noise, I took my hasty flight.
--Dryden.
4. Obscurely heard; stifled; deadened. [R.]
A deaf murmur through the squadron went. --Dryden.
5. Decayed; tasteless; dead; as, a deaf nut; deaf corn. [Obs.
or Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
If the season be unkindly and intemperate, they
[peppers] will catch a blast; and then the seeds
will be deaf, void, light, and naught. --Holland.
Deaf and dumb, without the sense of hearing or the faculty
of speech. See Deaf-mute.
Deaf (?; 277), v. t.
To deafen. [Obs.] --Dryden.
Synonyms: deaf as a post, deaf to(p), deaf-and-dumb, deafen, deafened, deaf-mute, hard-of-hearing, hearing-impaired, inattentive, profoundly deaf, stone-deaf, tone-deaf, unhearing, unheeding, unlistening(a)
Antonyms: hearing(a)
See Also: deaf person, desensitise, desensitize, people
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