Can’t hear
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adjective
- Having total or partial hearing loss
"deaf people"
- Unwilling to hear or listen not to be persuaded
"… when men are determined on mutiny, they are deaf to reason."
noun
- Hearing aid
noun
- A deaf person who lacks the ability to speak
adjective
- Totally deaf
adjective
- Relatively insensitive to differences in musical pitch
- Having or showing an obtuse insensitivity or lack of perception particularly in matters of public sentiment, opinion, or taste
"The White House long ago concluded that she is aloof and politically tone-deaf …"
idiom
- Very deaf
"My grandmother's a sweet old lady, but she's as deaf as a post."
idiom
- To fail to be heard to be ignored
"Her pleas for mercy fell on deaf ears."
idiom
- To become unable to hear
"a disease that caused her to go deaf"
noun
- Deaf people people who are not able to hear
"She goes to a school for the deaf."
verb
- To cause to move around an axis or a center make rotate or revolve
"turn a wheel"
- To execute or perform by rotating or revolving
"turn handsprings"
- To twist out of line or shape wrench
"had turned his ankle"
- To revolve mentally think over ponder
- To reverse or upset the order or disposition of
"everything was turned topsy-turvy"
- To disturb or upset the mental balance of
"a mind turned by grief"
- To set in another especially contrary direction
- To bend or change the course of divert
"a battle that turned the tide of history"
- To bend a course around or about round
"turned the corner at full speed"
- To cause to retreat
"used fire hoses to turn the mob"
- To alter the drift, tendency, or expected result of
- To direct (something, such as the attention or mind) toward or away from something
- To direct the employment of apply, devote
"turned his skills to the service of humankind"
- To bring to bear (as by aiming, pointing, or focusing) train
"turned the light into the dark doorway"
- To cause to become of a specified nature or appearance
"turned him into a frog"
- To exchange for something else
"turn coins into paper money"
- To cause to defect to another side
- To shape especially in a rounded form by applying a cutting tool while revolving in a lathe
- To give a rounded form to by any means
"turn the heel of a sock"
- To shape or mold artistically, gracefully, or neatly
"a well turned phrase"
- To form by bending
"turn a lead pipe"
- To cause (the edge of a blade) to bend back or over blunt, dull
- To gain in the course of business
"turning a quick profit"
- To keep (money, goods, etc.) moving
- To make use of
"turned her education to advantage"
- To carry to completion pull off
"turned a double play"
- To engage in (a sex act as a sex worker)
"turning tricks =taking payment for performing sex acts"
- To move around on an axis or through an arc of a circle rotate
- To become giddy or dizzy spin
"heights always made his head turn"
- To direct one's course
- To take a different course or direction
"turned toward home"
- To change position (as of one's head) so as to face another way
"everyone turned to stare"
- To face toward or away from someone or something
"flowers turn toward the light"
- To change one's attitude or reverse one's course of action to one of opposition or hostility
"felt the world had turned against him"
- To make a sudden violent assault especially without evident cause
"dogs turning on their owners"
- To direct one's attention to or away from someone or something
- To have recourse refer, resort
"turned to a friend for help"
- To direct one's efforts or activity devote or apply oneself
"turned to the study of the law"
- To become curved or bent (as from pressure)
- To operate a lathe
- To be stocked and disposed of change hands
This clue was used on January 9, 2025.
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