Deaf

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. sıfat Unable (or partially able) to hear.

   “My brother has been deaf since sustaining injuries in the war.”

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

   “Those people are deaf to reason.”

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

   “The best place to fight Hollywood deafism is in our deaf schools. If we give our children understanding and appreciation of our rich culture and sign language, the students will gain a deaf heritage and become more creative, more aware, and more assertive global deaf citizens.”

4. sıfat Obscurely heard; stifled; deadened.

   “A deaf murmur through the squadron went.”

5. sıfat Decayed; tasteless; useless.

   “a deaf nut; deaf corn”

6. isim A deaf person.

   “Among the second group of philanthropic educational institutions the institutes for the deafs and dumbs must be mentioned.”

7. fiil To deafen.

   “It is enough, my hearing shall be punish'd With what shall happen, -- 'gainst the which there is No deafing -- but to hear, not taint mine eye With dread sights that it may shun.”

8. sıfat Of or relating to the culture surrounding deaf users of sign languages.

   “Today, sign languages are the means of communication and interaction in Deaf communities around the world and have been shown to contain all the linguistic complexities and potentials of spoken languages (Stokoe, 1960/2005).”