DEAF
\dˈɛf], \dˈɛf], \d_ˈɛ_f]\
Definitions of DEAF
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
Sort: Oldest first
-
lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part
-
make or render deaf; "a deafening noise"
By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
-
Wanting the sense of hearing, either wholly or in part; unable to perceive sounds; hard of hearing; as, a deaf man.
-
Deprived of the power of hearing; deafened.
-
Obscurely heard; stifled; deadened.
-
Decayed; tasteless; dead; as, a deaf nut; deaf corn.
-
To deafen.
-
Unwilling to hear or listen; determinedly inattentive; regardless; not to be persuaded as to facts, argument, or exhortation; - with to; as, deaf to reason.
By Oddity Software
-
Wanting the sense of hearing, either wholly or in part; unable to perceive sounds; hard of hearing; as, a deaf man.
-
Deprived of the power of hearing; deafened.
-
Obscurely heard; stifled; deadened.
-
Decayed; tasteless; dead; as, a deaf nut; deaf corn.
-
To deafen.
-
Unwilling to hear or listen; determinedly inattentive; regardless; not to be persuaded as to facts, argument, or exhortation; - with to; as, deaf to reason.
By Noah Webster.
-
Persons with any degree of loss of hearing that has an impact on their activities of daily living or that requires special assistance or intervention.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By William R. Warner
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
-
Incapable or dull of hearing; inattentive to what is said; spiritually dull of hearing; without a grain or kernel.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
Word of the day
PROPORTIONAL AGREEMENT
- When an insurer must take their share the losses based on a fixed variable percentage or monetary value. Refer to excess of loss agreement.