deafen
To make deaf, either temporarily or permanentlyTo make deaf, either temporarily or permanently.
» The noise was deafening.
Meaning
3 senses(transitive)To make deaf, either temporarily or permanently.
The head injury deafened her for life.
taub machen
оглуша́тьoglušátʹ, глуши́тьglušítʹ, оглуши́тьoglušítʹ
оглуша́тиohlušáty, глуши́тиhlušýty, оглу́шуватиohlúšuvaty
make or render deaf
(transitive)To make soundproof.
to deafen a wall or a floor
заглуши́тьzaglušítʹ, приглуши́тьpriglušítʹ
make soundproof
(dialectal, figuratively, rare, sometimes, transitive)To stun, as with noise.
Examples
39 sentencesThe noise was deafening.
That noise was deafening.
The noise is deafening.
ruШум оглушительный.
deDer Lärm ist ohrenbetäubend.
The continual noise deafened us.
Безперервний шум оглушив нас.
From above resounded a deafening cry.
ruСверху раздался оглушительный рёв.
Translations
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Origin
From deaf + -en (verbal suffix). Compare Middle English deven, deaven (“to make deaf”), OlFrom deaf + -en (verbal suffix). Compare Middle English deven, deaven (“to make deaf”), Old English ādēafian (“to deafen”) and Old English ādȳfan, Dutch verdoven (“to stupefy, deafen”), German betäuben (“to stun, stupefy, deafen”).
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Forms
deafens, deafening, deafened, deafenedSynonyms
1 synonyms- make or render deaf:deaf
Word family
4 related wordsLessons 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