verb
- to deafen or stun with noise; to make deaf
- to annoy or bother persistently; to pester
Usage: chiefly Scottish and Northern English dialect; archaic or literary in modern usage
Usage: chiefly Scottish dialect; informal
Examples
- The loud machinery would deave anyone working nearby for hours.
- Stop deaving me with your constant questions!
- The noise from the construction site deaved the entire neighborhood.
- He deaved his sister until she finally gave him what he wanted.
- The thunder deaved us during the storm.