verb
- past tense and past participle of 'deave': to deafen or stun with noise; to make deaf
Usage: chiefly Scottish and Northern English dialect; archaic or literary in modern usage
Examples
- The loud machinery deaved the workers in the factory.
- She was nearly deaved by the thunderous applause.
- The constant noise deaved him to all other sounds.
- He felt deaved after the explosion nearby.