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DEAFEN
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they deafen ... he / she / it deafens
Past simple: deafened
Past participle: deafened
-ing form: deafening
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make soundproof
Example:
deafen a room
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "deafen" is one way to...):
break; damp; dampen; soften; weaken (lessen in force or effect)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Make or render deaf
Example:
a deafening noise
Synonyms:
deaf; deafen
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Hypernyms (to "deafen" is one way to...):
desensitise; desensitize (cause not to be sensitive)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Sense 3
Meaning:
Be unbearably loud
Example:
a deafening noise
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
"Deafen" entails doing...:
make noise; noise; resound (emit a noise)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
