B1verb · transitive · common

deaf

deaf · deafs · deafed · deafing

глушити, оглушити, оглушати

глушить, заглушить, оглушить

taub machen

To deafenTo deafen.

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/diːf/

» Tom is deaf in one ear.

Tom ist auf einem Ohr taub.

Том глух на одно ухо.

Том глухой на одно ухо.

Том глухий на одне вухо.

Meaning

1 senses

(obsolete)To deafen.

More definitions

make or render deaf

Examples

343 sentences

Tom is deaf in one ear.
Том глухий на одне вухо. — deniko
ruТом глух на одно ухо. — urusu_tom
deTom ist auf einem Ohr taub. — al_ex_an_der
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Tom is beginning to go deaf.
Том починає втрачати слух. — deniko
ruТом начинает терять слух. — marafon
deTom fängt an, taub zu werden. — dinkel_girl
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Tom said that Mary was deaf.
Том сказав, що Мері глуха. — deniko
ruТом сказал, что Мэри глухая. — marafon
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Tom isn't deaf, but Mary is.
Том не глухий, а от Мері глуха. — deniko
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I wonder if Tom is going deaf.
Мені цікаво, чи Том втрачає слух. — deniko
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Origin

From Middle English def, deef, from Old English dēaf, from Proto-West Germanic *daub (“dea

From Middle English def, deef, from Old English dēaf, from Proto-West Germanic *daub (“deaf”), from Proto-Germanic *daubaz (“deaf or stunned”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (“to whisk, smoke, darken, obscure”). Cognate with Ancient Greek τυφλός (tuphlós, “blind”). See also dumb. Doublet of daff, dof, and dowf.

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Forms

deafs, deafing, deafed, deafed

Base form	deaf · to deaf
3rd person singular	deafs
Present participle	deafing
Past simple	deafed
Past participle	deafed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	deaf
he, she, it	deafs

Past simpleLesson

all persons

deafed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have deafed
he, she, it	has deafed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will deaf

Synonyms

1 synonyms

Close in meaning

make or render deaf:deafen

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle

Collocations

9 patterns

tone deaf
deaf in one
is almost deaf
is deaf in
going deaf
is going deaf
almost deaf
completely deaf
to be deaf