deafen
verb/ˈdɛfən/
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”).
Definitions
To make deaf, either temporarily or permanently.
- The head injury deafened her for life.
To make soundproof.
- to deafen a wall or a floor
To stun, as with noise.
- Racine left the ground […] deafened, dazzled and tired to death.
The neighborhood
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for deafen. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA