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deaf
 
Adjective deaf has 2 senses
  1. deaf - lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part
    Antonyms:     hearing, sharp-eared, quick-eared
  2. deaf, indifferent - (usually followed by `to') unwilling or refusing to pay heed; "deaf to her warnings"
    Antonyms: heedful, attentive, thoughtful (indirect, via heedless)
Noun deaf has 1 sense
  1. deaf - people who have severe hearing impairments; "many of the deaf use sign language"
    --1 is a kind of     people
    --1 has member: deaf person
    Derived form: verb deaf1
Verb deaf has 1 sense
  1. deafen, deaf - make or render deaf; "a deafening noise"
    --1 is one way to desensitize, desensitise
    Derived form: noun deaf1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
deadwood words deae cellulose deaf-aid deaf-and-dumb deaf-and-dumb person deaf-mute deaf-muteness deaf-mutism deaf deaf as a post deaf person deaf to deafen deafened deafenin deafening deafeningly

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