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31deaf — adj. VERBS ▪ be ▪ be born ▪ Their child was born deaf. ▪ become, go ▪ He eventually went deaf …
32deaf — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. unpersuaded, insensitive; inattentive, oblivious. See inattention, deafness. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Not able to hear] Syn. hard of hearing, hearing impaired, unhearing, stone deaf, earless, dull …
33Stone — n. & v. n. 1 a solid non metallic mineral matter, of which rock is made. b a piece of this, esp. a small piece. 2 Building a = LIMESTONE (Portland stone). b = SANDSTONE (Bath stone). 3 Mineral. = precious stone. 4 a stony meteorite, an aerolite.… …
34stone — n. & v. n. 1 a solid non metallic mineral matter, of which rock is made. b a piece of this, esp. a small piece. 2 Building a = LIMESTONE (Portland stone). b = SANDSTONE (Bath stone). 3 Mineral. = precious stone. 4 a stony meteorite, an aerolite.… …
35deaf — adj. 1) stone deaf 2) (cannot stand alone) deaf to (they were deaf to all our pleas) * * * [def] stone deaf (cannot stand alone) deaf to (they were deaf to all our pleas) …
36deaf as a post — adjective totally deaf; unable to hear anything • Syn: ↑profoundly deaf, ↑stone deaf, ↑unhearing • Similar to: ↑deaf * * * deaf as a post Absolutely deaf • • • Main Entry: ↑ …
37deaf mute — Synonyms and related words: deaf, deaf and dumb, deaf and dumb person, deaf eared, deafened, dull eared, dummy, earless, hard of hearing, lip reader, mute, stone deaf, stunned, surd, surdo mute, the deaf, the hard of hearing, thick of hearing,… …
38deaf — Synonyms and related words: authoritarian, bigot, bigoted, blind, borne, bullheaded, closed, constricted, cramped, creedbound, deaf and dumb, deaf to reason, deaf eared, deaf mute, deafened, dogmatic, dull eared, earless, fanatical, hard of… …
39deaf as a stone — totally deaf; is incapable of hearing anything; stone deaf …
40stone — /stoʊn / (say stohn) noun 1. the hard substance of which rocks consist. 2. a particular kind of rock. 3. Mining opal bearing material. 4. a piece of rock of definite size, shape, etc., for a particular purpose. 5. a piece of rock of small or… …
