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глухой — meaning in English

glukhoy

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English meaning

  • blind adj Unable to see, or having severely limited eyesight.
  • deaf adj Unable, or only partly able, to hear.
  • hollow noun A small valley or dip between hills, or a sunken area on a surface.
  • voiceless adj Lacking a voice, without vocal sound.

Senses

глухой is used for these senses in English:

  • blind (not comparable) Having no openings for light or passage; both dark and exitless.
  • deaf Unable (or partially able) to hear.
  • deaf person (This entry is a translation hub.)
  • hollow (of a sound) Distant, eerie; echoing, reverberating, as if in a hollow space; dull, muffled; often low-pitched.
  • voiceless (phonetics, of a consonant or vowel) Spoken without vibration of the vocal cords; unvoiced, surd, breathed. Examples: [t], [s], [f], [m̥], [u̥].

blind — full definition

  1. adj Unable to see, or having severely limited eyesight.
  2. adj Failing or refusing to notice or acknowledge something.
  3. noun A window covering, often made of slats or fabric, used to block or filter light.
  4. noun A hidden shelter used to observe wildlife without being seen.
  5. verb To take away someone's ability to see, or to make someone fail to notice something important.

deaf — full definition

  1. adj Unable, or only partly able, to hear.
  2. adj Refusing to listen to something; unwilling to be persuaded.

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