deaf
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- noun
- /dɛf/
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- Some members of the Association of the Deaf have benefited from PSS's course conducted in sign language.
- school for the deaf
- education for the deaf
- institute for the deaf
They go into the villages and they say, bring us all your deaf and all your blind.
- They go into the villages and they say, bring us all your deaf and all your blind.
- You've also taken up the deaf and you're learning the deaf and dumb.
Examples
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We talked to the headmaster of the Horace School for the Deaf, who says they'd love to have Taylor play there.
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Organizations that support the deaf often provide resources for learning sign language.
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Your wife is deaf, but your daughter can hear, Correct.
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So what about people who are deaf, born deaf with American Sign Language?
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But so the class I took was like half deaf kids and half hearing kids.
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The deaf can not hear you.
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"Among other things that I'll get to later, Martha worked at the local School for the Deaf.
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And so my dad found a deaf coach who coached us.
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This is my brother Ty, and he's deaf too.
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And Troy, you're making history now yourself as being the first deaf actor to be nominated.
Synonyms
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A person who cannot hear most sounds
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Archaic
A small electronic device worn in or behind the ear that makes sounds louder for people who cannot hear well
How Deaf
Surface Forms
Etymology
Deaf comes from an old English word that meant 'not hearing' or 'stopped up' in the ears. So the noun deaf is used for people who cannot hear.