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I . deaf [def] ADJ

deaf
głuchy
to go deaf
głuchnąć [perf o-]
deaf in one ear
głuchy na jedno ucho
deaf to sth fig
głuchy na coś

II . deaf [def] N

the deaf + pl vb
osoby fpl niesłyszące

deaf aid N Brit inf

deaf-mute N

deaf-mute
głuchoniemy(-ma) m (f)

stone-deaf ADJ

tone-deaf ADJ

Usage examples with deaf

the deaf + pl vb
osoby fpl niesłyszące
deaf in one ear
głuchy na jedno ucho
to be born deaf
być głuchym od urodzenia
to go deaf
głuchnąć [perf o-]
deaf to sth fig
głuchy na coś
deaf and dumb
głuchoniemy
as deaf as a post
głuchy jak pień m
to fall on deaf ears
zostawać [perf zostać] zignorowanym
[as] deaf as a post
głuchy jak pień
to turn a deaf ear to sth
być głuchym na coś

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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She has never appeared in the show, but he claimed that she was deaf, so his inability to speak with women was not an issue.
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One reason this is that deaf infants do not babble.
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She is deaf and kindly and a live action character.
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Sign languages of the deaf are independently invented and have all the major properties of spoken language except for the modality of transmission.
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He strikes enemies blind and deaf but when his own men fight they go berserk and can not be harmed.
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There are several deaf and hard-of-hearing professors and lecturers, too; an interpreter can vocalize their lectures for hearing students.
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Such programs include child care services, senior citizen assistance, child custody services, disability vocational services, and services to the blind and deaf.
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Some consider it to be a derogatory term if used outside its historical context; the preferred term today is simply deaf.
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She was born deaf and attended mainstream schools.
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It is considered the first modern treatise of sign language phonetics, setting out a method of oral education for deaf people and a manual alphabet.
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