Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to deaf
Participle: deafed
Gerund: deafing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | deaf |
| you | deaf |
| he;she;it | deafs |
| we | deaf |
| you | deaf |
| they | deaf |
Perfect
| I | have deafed |
| you | have deafed |
| he;she;it | has deafed |
| we | have deafed |
| you | have deafed |
| they | have deafed |
Past
| I | deafed |
| you | deafed |
| he;she;it | deafed |
| we | deafed |
| you | deafed |
| they | deafed |
Pluperfect
| I | had deafed |
| you | had deafed |
| he;she;it | had deafed |
| we | had deafed |
| you | had deafed |
| they | had deafed |
Future
| I | will deaf |
| you | will deaf |
| he;she;it | will deaf |
| we | will deaf |
| you | will deaf |
| they | will deaf |
Future Perfect
| I | will have deafed |
| you | will have deafed |
| he;she;it | will have deafed |
| we | will have deafed |
| you | will have deafed |
| they | will have deafed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | deaf |
| you | deaf |
| he;she;it | deaf |
| we | deaf |
| you | deaf |
| they | deaf |
Perfect
| I | have deafed |
| you | have deafed |
| he;she;it | have deafed |
| we | have deafed |
| you | have deafed |
| they | have deafed |
Imperfect
| I | deafed |
| you | deafed |
| he;she;it | deafed |
| we | deafed |
| you | deafed |
| they | deafed |
Pluperfect
| I | had deafed |
| you | had deafed |
| he;she;it | had deafed |
| we | had deafed |
| you | had deafed |
| they | had deafed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would deaf |
| you | would deaf |
| he;she;it | would deaf |
| we | would deaf |
| you | would deaf |
| they | would deaf |
Perfect
| I | would have deafed |
| you | would have deafed |
| he;she;it | would have deafed |
| we | would have deafed |
| you | would have deafed |
| they | would have deafed |
Imperative
| you | deaf |
| we | Let's deaf |
| you | deaf |
Verbs conjugated like 'deaf'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'deaf'
dead,
deal,
dean,
dear,
heaf,
leaf,
bead,
beak,
beal,
beam,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. From Middle English def, deef, from Old English dēaf, from Proto-West Germanic *daub (“deaf”), from Proto-Germanic *daubaz (“deaf or stunned”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (“to whisk, smoke, darken, obscure”). Cognate with Ancient Greek τυφλός (tuphlós, “blind”). See also dumb. Doublet of daff, dof, and dowf.
2. Cognate with Dutch doof, German taub, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål døv, Norwegian Nynorsk dauv, Swedish döv, Faroese deyvur, Icelandic daufur.
Verbs referencing "deaf"
Scots Gaelic
dubh.
Sample Sentences
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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. [1634, John Fletcher, William Shakespeare, Two Noble Kinsmen:]
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Svvift as a VVhirl-vvind to the Nurſe he flyes; / And deafs his ſtormy Subjects vvith his cries. [1680, John Dryden, “Canace to Macareus”, in Ovid, Ovid’s Epistles, […], London: […] Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC, page 13:]
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Shall we, I say, that have been so long civil and wealthy in peace, famous and invincible in war, fortunate in both, we that have been ever able to aid any of our neighbours (but never deafed any of their ears with any of our supplications for assistance) shall we, I say, without blushing, abase ourselves so far, as to imitate these beastly Indians, slaves to the Spaniards, refuse to the world, and as yet aliens from the holy covenant of God? [1871, Charlse Hindlley, A Kicksey Winsey: Or a Lerry Come-Twang:]