<B>deaf, </B>adjective, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>not able to hear. <BR> <I>Ex. The deaf man learned to read lips well.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>not able to hear well. <BR> <I>Ex. The deaf old man sat up front to hear the orchestra better.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) not willing to hear; heedless. <BR> <I>Ex. The miser was deaf to all requests for money.</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> to deafen. <BR><I>expr. <B>deaf and dumb,</B> </I>unable to hear and speak. <BR> <I>Ex. I couldn't follow their rapid conversation, so I just stood smiling vaguely, like a well-meaning deaf and dumb person (New Yorker).</I> adv. <B>deafly.</B> noun <B>deafness.</B> </DL>
<B>deaf ears,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> ear lobes of domesticated fowl. </DL>
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<B>deafen, </B>transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to make deaf. <BR> <I>Ex. A hard blow on the ear deafened him for life.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to stun with noise. <BR> <I>Ex. A sudden explosion deafened us for a moment.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to drown out by a louder sound. <DD><B> 4. </B>to make soundproof; deaden. </DL>
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<B>deafening, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that deafens or stuns with noise. adv. <B>deafeningly.</B> </DL>
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<B>deaf-mute, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a person who is unable to hear and speak. Born deaf-mutes usually cannot speak because of their inability to hear others and learn speech from them. <DD><I>adj. </I> being a deaf-mute; unable to hear and speak. </DL>
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<B>deaf-mutism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the condition of being a deaf-mute. <BR> <I>Ex. Hereditary deaf-mutism is usually caused by a recessive gene (C. Auerbach).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a usage in speech or writing that is peculiar to deaf-mutes. </DL>
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<B>deal</B> (1), verb, <B>dealt,</B> <B>dealing,</B> noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to have to do (with). <BR> <I>Ex. Arithmetic deals with numbers. The first volume or two of Michelet's history, dealing with the early races of Gaul (Edmund Wilson).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to act; behave. <BR> <I>Ex. Brothers do not always deal kindly with one another.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to occupy oneself; take action. <BR> <I>Ex. The courts deal with those who break the laws.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>to carry on a business; buy and sell. <BR> <I>Ex. This garage deals in gasoline, oil, and tires. A butcher deals in meat.</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>to distribute playing cards. <BR> <I>Ex. It's your turn to deal.</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to give or deliver. <BR> <I>Ex. One fighter dealt the other a hard blow.</I> (SYN) inflict. <DD><B> 2. </B>to give a share of to each; distribute. <BR> <I>Ex. The Red Cross dealt out food to the hungry soldiers.</I> (SYN) apportion, divide. <DD><B> 3. </B>to distribute (playing cards). <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>(Informal.) <DD><B> a. </B>a business arrangement; bargain. <BR> <I>Ex. If you buy this television set on sale you can get a gooddeal.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>anything that is agreed upon, such as an arrangement or a meeting. <BR> <I>Ex. It's a deal, I'll meet you after school.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Informal.) distribution; arrangement; plan. <BR> <I>Ex. He is proposing that we substitute a new deal for the old one.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>a secret or underhanded arrangement. <BR> <I>Ex. The corrupt mayor was caught in a deal to take public money.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>in cardplaying: <DD><B> a. </B>the distribution of cards. <DD><B> b. </B>a player's turn to deal. <DD><B> c. </B>the time during which one deal of cards is being played. <DD><B> d. </B>the cards held by a player; hand. <DD><B> 5. </B>a quantity; amount. <BR> <I>Ex. I took a deal of trouble.</I> <DD><B> 6. </B>a dealing; distributing. <DD><B> 7. </B>(Informal.) a thing; item. <BR> <I>Ex. The whole deal is $35 (New Yorker).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>a good</B> (or <B>great</B>) <B>deal,</B> <DD><B> a. </B>a large part, portion, or amount. </I> <I>Ex. A great deal of her money goes for rent.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>to a great extent or degree; much. <BR> <I>Ex. He is always going to the beach because he likes to swim a good deal.</I> </DL>
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<B>deal</B> (2), noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a stout board of pine or fir, usually between 7 and 9 inches wide and 6 feet long. <BR> <I>Ex. I lingered ... to smell the smell of piled up deals and feel the salt wind blowing (Cecily Fox-Smith).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>boards like this. <DD><B> 3. </B>pine or fir wood. <DD><I>adj. </I> made of deal. <BR> <I>Ex. The judge took his place behind a deal table while on his right, six jurors shifted ... uncomfortably (Maclean's).</I> </DL>
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<B>dealate, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> deprived of wings (said of the queens of ants or other insects whose wings are shed after the nuptial flight). <DD><I>noun </I> a dealate insect. </DL>
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<B>dealated, </B>adjective. =dealate.</DL>
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<B>dealation, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a being or becoming dealate; the shedding of wings after nuptial flight. </DL>
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<B>dealer, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person who makes his living by buying and selling. <BR> <I>Ex. Father bought a used car from a car dealer.</I> (SYN) trader, merchant. <DD><B> 2. </B>a person who distributes the cards in a card game. <DD><B> 3. </B>a person who acts in some specified manner. <BR> <I>Ex. a treacherous dealer.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>a person who has dealings (with another or in something). <BR> <I>Ex. a dealer with the Devil, a dealer in sorcery.</I> </DL>
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<B>dealer's choice,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any game of cards in which the dealer decides which game or variation of a game will be played, depending on the number of players at the table. </DL>
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<B>dealership, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the business, franchise, or territory of a dealer. <BR> <I>Ex. The mere fact that other dealers are eliminated doesn't make an exclusive dealership illegal (Wall Street Journal).</I> </DL>
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<B>dealfish, </B>noun, pl. <B>-fishes</B> or (collectively) <B>-fish.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any one of a group of deep-sea fishes having long, flat bodies; ribbonfish. </DL>
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<B>dealing, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a way of doing business. <BR> <I>Ex. The grocer is respected for his honest dealing.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a way of acting; behavior toward others; conduct. <BR> <I>Ex. The judge is known for his fair dealing.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>distribution, especially of playing cards. <BR><I>expr. <B>dealings,</B> <DD><B> a. </B>business relations. </I> <I>Ex. That company has dealings with firms all over the world.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>friendly relations. </DL>
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<B>dealt, </B>verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> the past tense and past participle of <B>deal</B> (1). <BR> <I>Ex. The knight dealt his enemy a blow. The cards have been dealt.</I> </DL>
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<B>deambulatory, </B>adjective, noun, pl. <B>-ries.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> going from place to place; ambulatory. <BR> <I>Ex. The deambulatory hero moves along his uncharted course (Saturday Review).</I> <DD><I>noun </I> ambulatory. </DL>
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<B>de-Americanization, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the act or process of de-Americanizing. <BR> <I>Ex. The platform calls for a "progressive de-Americanization" of the war (New York Times).</I> </DL>
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<B>de-Americanize, </B>transitive verb, <B>-ized,</B> <B>-izing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to rid or divest of American influence or control. <BR> <I>Ex. While Ford of Europe will continue to be largely American-run, national operations henceforth will be significantly de-Americanized (Time).</I> </DL>
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<B>deaminate, </B>transitive verb, <B>-nated,</B> <B>-nating.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Chemistry.) to alter (a compound) by removing the amino radical; deaminize. </DL>
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<B>deamination, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Chemistry.) the process of removing the amino radical from a chemical compound. </DL>
<B>dean</B> (1), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a member of the faculty of a school, college, or university who has charge of the behavior or studies of the students. <BR> <I>Ex. the dean of women.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a head of a division or school in a college or university. <BR> <I>Ex. the dean of the Law School.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>a high official of a church. A dean is often in charge of a cathedral. <DD><B> 4. </B>a person who has belonged to a group longest; senior member; doyen. <BR> <I>Ex. He [Bill Zorach] was the dean of carvers and one of America's leading artists (New York Times). William Byrd in 1600 ... was the dean of London musicians (Harold C. Schonberg).</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>(British.) <DD><B> a. </B>the president of a faculty or the head of a college within a university. <DD><B> b. </B>a fellow of a college at Oxford or Cambridge charged with disciplinary functions. </DL>
<B>deanery, </B>noun, pl. <B>-eries.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the position or authority of a dean. <DD><B> 2. </B>the residence or district of a dean. <BR> <I>Ex. ... those joint church magazines which are published by the rural deaneries (J. W. Robertson Scott).</I> </DL>
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<B>deanship, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the position, office, or rank of a dean. <BR> <I>Ex. He succeeds to the deanship vacated by the resignation (Science).</I> </DL>
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<B>dean's list,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a list published by the dean of a college, containing the names of students who have achieved the highest grades during the school term or year; honor roll. </DL>
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<B>deanthropomorphize, </B>transitive verb, <B>-phized,</B> <B>-phizing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to deprive of anthropomorphic attributes or character. </DL>
