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3to fall on deaf ears → see ear

4to turn a deaf ear → see ear

deaf|en /de fən/ (deafens , deafening , deafened )

1 VERB If a noise deafens you, it is so loud that you cannot hear anything else at the same time. □ [V n] The noise of the typewriters deafened her.

2 VERB [usu passive] If you are deafened by something, you are made deaf by it, or are unable to hear for some time. □ [be V -ed] He was deafened by the noise from the gun.

3 → see also deafening

deaf|en|ing /de fən I ŋ/

1 ADJ A deafening noise is a very loud noise. □  …the deafening roar of fighter jets taking off.

2 ADJ If you say there was a deafening silence , you are emphasizing that there was no reaction or response to something that was said or done. [EMPHASIS ] □  When we ask people for suggestions we get a deafening silence.

dea f-mu te (deaf-mutes ) N‑COUNT A deaf-mute is someone who cannot hear or speak. This word could cause offence.

deal

➊ QUANTIFIER USES

➋ VERB AND NOUN USES

➊ deal ◆◇◇ /diː l/ QUANT If you say that you need or have a great deal of or a good deal of a particular thing, you are emphasizing that you need or have a lot of it. [EMPHASIS ] □  …a great deal of money. □  I am in a position to save you a good deal of time. ● ADV [ADV after v] Deal is also an adverb. □  Their lives became a good deal more comfortable. □  He depended a great deal on his partner for support. ● PRON Deal is also a pronoun. □  Although he had never met the man, he knew a good deal about him.

➋ deal ◆◆◆ /diː l/ (deals , dealing , dealt )

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1 N‑COUNT If you make a deal , do a deal , or cut a deal , you complete an agreement or an arrangement with someone, especially in business. [BUSINESS ] □ [+ with/on ] Japan will have to do a deal with America on rice imports. □  The two sides tried and failed to come to a deal. □  He was involved in shady business deals.

2 VERB If a person, company, or shop deals in a particular type of goods, their business involves buying or selling those goods. [BUSINESS ] □ [V + in ] They deal in antiques. □ [V + in ] …the rights of our citizens to hold and to deal in foreign currency.

3 VERB If someone deals illegal drugs, they sell them. □ [V n] I certainly don't deal drugs. ●  deal|ing N‑UNCOUNT [oft n N ] □  …his involvement in drug dealing and illegal money laundering.

4 N‑COUNT [adj N ] If someone has had a bad deal , they have been unfortunate or have been treated unfairly. □  The people of Liverpool have had a bad deal for many, many years.

5 VERB If you deal playing cards, you give them out to the players in a game of cards. □ [V n n] The croupier dealt each player a card, face down. □ [V n] He once dealt cards in an illegal gambling joint. ● PHRASAL VERB Deal out means the same as deal . □ [V P n] Dalton dealt out five cards to each player.

6 PHRASE If an event deals a blow to something or someone, it causes them great difficulties or makes failure more likely. [JOURNALISM ] □  The summer drought has dealt a heavy blow to the government's economic record.

7 → see also dealings , wheel and deal

8a raw deal → see raw

▸  deal out PHRASAL VERB If someone deals out a punishment or harmful action, they punish or harm someone. [WRITTEN ] □ [V P n + to ] …a failure to deal out effective punishment to aggressors. [Also V P n (not pron), V n P ]

▸  deal with