Unable to hear, or only partially able to hear. / Unwilling to listen or be persuaded; determinedly inattentive; regardless. / Of or relating to the community of deaf people.

(nonstandard, rare) A deaf person.

(obsolete, transitive) To deafen.

superlative form of dear: most dear

A beloved person; a term of endearment.

Disembarkation.

An event or enterprise that ends suddenly and disastrously, often with humiliating consequences. / (ecology) A breaking up of a natural dam, usually made of ice, by a river and the ensuing rush of water.

A senior official in a college or university, who may be in charge of a division or faculty (for example, the dean of science) or have some other advisory or disciplinary function (for example, the dean of students).

(intransitive, rare) To serve as a dean. / (transitive, Oxbridge, otherwise rare, informal) To send (a student) to see the dean of a college or university.

(Sussex, chiefly in place names) A hill.