Meaning of DEAFEN
| Pronunciation: | | 'defun
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- [v] make soundproof; "deafen a room"
- [v] make or render deaf
- [v] be unbearably loud; "a deafening noise"
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| | Synonyms: | | deaf |
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| | See Also: | | break, damp, dampen, desensitise, desensitize, make noise, noise, resound, soften, weaken | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Deaf"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deafened}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Deafening}.] [From {Deaf}.]
1. To make deaf; to deprive of the power of hearing; to
render incapable of perceiving sounds distinctly.
Deafened and stunned with their promiscuous cries.
--Addison.
2. (Arch.) To render impervious to sound, as a partition or
floor, by filling the space within with mortar, by lining
with paper, etc.
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| | Related Terms: | | awake the dead, baffle, blast, blast the ear, boom, crash, crescendo, cushion, damp, dampen, deaden, din, dull, fill the air, muffle, mute, peal, rattle the windows, rend the air, rend the ears, resound, ring, rise, rock the sky, soften, soft-pedal, split the eardrums, split the ears, startle the echoes, stop, stun, subdue, surge, swell, thunder, tone down |
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