| Noun | 1. | deaf - people who have severe hearing impairments; "many of the deaf use sign language"people - (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively; "old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience" | |
| Verb | 1. | deaf - make or render deaf; "a deafening noise"desensitise, desensitize - cause not to be sensitive; "The war desensitized many soldiers"; "The photographic plate was desensitized" | |
| Adj. | 1. | deaf - lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part | |
| 2. | deaf - (usually followed by `to') unwilling or refusing to pay heed; "deaf to her warnings"heedless, unheeding, thoughtless - marked by or paying little heed or attention; "We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics"--Franklin D. Roosevelt; "heedless of danger"; "heedless of the child's crying" | |