Definition of "deaf" in Englisch

adjective

1. Unable (or partially able) to hear.

   • My brother has been deaf since sustaining injuries in the war.
   • It's important for TV shows to provide closed captioning for the deaf.

2. Unwilling to listen or be persuaded; determinedly inattentive.

   • Those people are deaf to reason.

3. Of or relating to the community of deaf people.

4. (obsolete) Obscurely heard; stifled; deadened.

5. (obsolete, UK, dialect) Decayed; tasteless; useless.

   • a deaf nut; deaf corn

noun

1. (nonstandard, rare) A deaf person.

verb

1. (obsolete, transitive) To deafen.