"deafen" meaning in English

See deafen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈdɛfən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-deafen.wav Forms: deafens [present, singular, third-person], deafening [participle, present], deafened [participle, past], deafened [past]
Rhymes: -ɛfən Etymology: From deaf + -en (verbal suffix), compare Middle English deven, deaven (“to make deaf”), Old English ādēafian (“to deafen”), Dutch verdoven (“to stupefy, deafen”), German betäuben (“to stun, stupefy, deafen”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*dʰewbʰ-}}, {{af|en|deaf|-en|id2=inchoative|pos2=verbal suffix}} deaf + -en (verbal suffix), {{noncog|enm|deven}} Middle English deven, {{noncog|ang|ādēafian|t=to deafen}} Old English ādēafian (“to deafen”), {{cog|nl|verdoven||to stupefy, deafen}} Dutch verdoven (“to stupefy, deafen”), {{cog|de|betäuben||to stun, stupefy, deafen}} German betäuben (“to stun, stupefy, deafen”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} deafen (third-person singular simple present deafens, present participle deafening, simple past and past participle deafened)
  1. (transitive) To make deaf, either temporarily or permanently. Tags: transitive Translations (to make deaf): أَصَمَّ (ʔaṣamma) (Arabic), խլացնել (xlacʻnel) (Armenian), asurdzãscu (Aromanian), аглу́шваць (ahlúšvacʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), глушы́ць (hlušýcʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), аглушы́ць (ahlušýcʹ) [perfective] (Belarusian), bouzarañ (Breton), оглуша́вам (oglušávam) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), оглуша́ (oglušá) [perfective] (Bulgarian), ensordir (Catalan), verdoven (Dutch), doof maken (Dutch), kuurouttaa (Finnish), assourdir (French), rendre sourd (French), enxordar (Galician), axordar (Galician), betäuben (German), κουφαίνω (koufaíno) (Greek), megsüketít (Hungarian), menulikan (Indonesian), bodhraigh (Irish), 聾する (rōsuru) (alt: ろうする) (Japanese), 귀를 먹먹하게 하다 (gwi-reul meongmeokhage hada) (Korean), оглуви (ogluvi) (Macedonian), ogłuszać [imperfective] (Polish), ogłuszyć [perfective] (Polish), ensurdecer (Portuguese), asurzi (Romanian), оглуша́ть (oglušátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), глуши́ть (glušítʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), оглуши́ть (oglušítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), ensordecer (Spanish), оглуша́ти (ohlušáty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), глуши́ти (hlušýty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), оглу́шувати (ohlúšuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), оглуши́ти (ohlušýty) [perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-deafen-en-verb-AprpoCzM Disambiguation of 'to make deaf': 85 13 2
  2. (transitive) To make soundproof. Tags: transitive Translations (to make soundproof): заглуша́вам (zaglušávam) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), заглуша́ (zaglušá) [perfective] (Bulgarian), пра́вя звуконепроница́ем (právja zvukonepronicáem) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), geluiddicht maken (Dutch), äänieristää (Finnish), заглуши́ть (zaglušítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), приглуши́ть (priglušítʹ) [perfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-deafen-en-verb-ywvryFJ3 Disambiguation of 'to make soundproof': 7 92 1
  3. (transitive, rare, dialectal, sometimes figurative) To stun, as with noise. Tags: dialectal, figuratively, rare, sometimes, transitive
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bedeafen, deafener, undeafen, undeafened

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "(transitive) To make deaf, either temporarily or permanently."
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          "sense": "to make deaf",
          "word": "ensordir"
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          "sense": "to make deaf",
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          "sense": "to make deaf",
          "word": "doof maken"
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          "sense": "to make deaf",
          "word": "kuurouttaa"
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to make deaf",
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          "_dis1": "85 13 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to make deaf",
          "word": "rendre sourd"
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          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to make deaf",
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          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to make deaf",
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          "sense": "to make deaf",
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          "_dis1": "85 13 2",
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          "roman": "koufaíno",
          "sense": "to make deaf",
          "word": "κουφαίνω"
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          "_dis1": "85 13 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to make deaf",
          "word": "megsüketít"
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          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "to make deaf",
          "word": "menulikan"
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          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "to make deaf",
          "word": "bodhraigh"
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          "alt": "ろうする",
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          "sense": "to make deaf",
          "word": "聾する"
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          "roman": "gwi-reul meongmeokhage hada",
          "sense": "to make deaf",
          "word": "귀를 먹먹하게 하다"
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          "roman": "ogluvi",
          "sense": "to make deaf",
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to make deaf",
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          "word": "ogłuszać"
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          "_dis1": "85 13 2",
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          "sense": "to make deaf",
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          "word": "ogłuszyć"
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          "_dis1": "85 13 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to make deaf",
          "word": "ensurdecer"
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          "_dis1": "85 13 2",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to make deaf",
          "word": "asurzi"
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          "_dis1": "85 13 2",
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          "roman": "oglušátʹ",
          "sense": "to make deaf",
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          "word": "оглуша́ть"
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          "roman": "glušítʹ",
          "sense": "to make deaf",
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          "word": "глуши́ть"
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          "word": "оглуши́ть"
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          "_dis1": "85 13 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to make deaf",
          "word": "ensordecer"
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "ohlušáty",
          "sense": "to make deaf",
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          "word": "оглуша́ти"
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          "roman": "hlušýty",
          "sense": "to make deaf",
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          "word": "глуши́ти"
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          "_dis1": "85 13 2",
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          "roman": "ohlúšuvaty",
          "sense": "to make deaf",
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          "word": "оглу́шувати"
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          "roman": "ohlušýty",
          "sense": "to make deaf",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "оглуши́ти"
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          "text": "to deafen a wall or a floor",
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        "(transitive) To make soundproof."
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          "_dis1": "7 92 1",
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "zaglušávam",
          "sense": "to make soundproof",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "заглуша́вам"
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          "roman": "zaglušá",
          "sense": "to make soundproof",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "заглуша́"
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "právja zvukonepronicáem",
          "sense": "to make soundproof",
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          "word": "пра́вя звуконепроница́ем"
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          "sense": "to make soundproof",
          "word": "geluiddicht maken"
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to make soundproof",
          "word": "äänieristää"
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          "sense": "to make soundproof",
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          "word": "заглуши́ть"
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          "roman": "priglušítʹ",
          "sense": "to make soundproof",
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        "(transitive) To make soundproof."
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      "sense": "to make deaf",
      "word": "أَصَمَّ"
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      "sense": "to make deaf",
      "word": "bouzarañ"
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      "roman": "oglušávam",
      "sense": "to make deaf",
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      "word": "оглуша́вам"
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      "sense": "to make deaf",
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      "word": "оглуша́"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "to make deaf",
      "word": "ensordir"
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      "sense": "to make deaf",
      "word": "verdoven"
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      "sense": "to make deaf",
      "word": "doof maken"
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      "sense": "to make deaf",
      "word": "kuurouttaa"
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      "sense": "to make deaf",
      "word": "assourdir"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "to make deaf",
      "word": "rendre sourd"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to make deaf",
      "word": "enxordar"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to make deaf",
      "word": "axordar"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to make deaf",
      "word": "betäuben"
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "koufaíno",
      "sense": "to make deaf",
      "word": "κουφαίνω"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to make deaf",
      "word": "megsüketít"
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      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "to make deaf",
      "word": "menulikan"
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to make deaf",
      "word": "bodhraigh"
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      "alt": "ろうする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "rōsuru",
      "sense": "to make deaf",
      "word": "聾する"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gwi-reul meongmeokhage hada",
      "sense": "to make deaf",
      "word": "귀를 먹먹하게 하다"
    },
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      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "ogluvi",
      "sense": "to make deaf",
      "word": "оглуви"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to make deaf",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ogłuszać"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to make deaf",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ogłuszyć"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "to make deaf",
      "word": "ensurdecer"
    },
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to make deaf",
      "word": "asurzi"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "oglušátʹ",
      "sense": "to make deaf",
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      "word": "оглуша́ть"
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      "sense": "to make deaf",
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      "word": "глуши́ть"
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      "sense": "to make deaf",
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      "word": "оглуши́ть"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "to make deaf",
      "word": "ensordecer"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "ohlušáty",
      "sense": "to make deaf",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "оглуша́ти"
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      "word": "глуши́ти"
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      "roman": "ohlúšuvaty",
      "sense": "to make deaf",
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      "word": "оглу́шувати"
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zaglušávam",
      "sense": "to make soundproof",
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      "word": "заглуша́вам"
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      "sense": "to make soundproof",
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      "word": "заглуша́"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "právja zvukonepronicáem",
      "sense": "to make soundproof",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "пра́вя звуконепроница́ем"
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      "sense": "to make soundproof",
      "word": "geluiddicht maken"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to make soundproof",
      "word": "äänieristää"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zaglušítʹ",
      "sense": "to make soundproof",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "заглуши́ть"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "priglušítʹ",
      "sense": "to make soundproof",
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      "word": "приглуши́ть"
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