TURNING A DEAF EAR

Meaning of TURNING A DEAF EAR in English

refusing to listen, closing one's ears

Explanatory English dictionary bed edition. Толковый словарь английского языка Редакция bed. 2012

EAR — I Organ of hearing and balance. The outer ear directs sound vibrations through the auditory canal to the eardrum, which …
Английский словарь Британика
EAR — I. ˈi(ə)r, ˈiə noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English ere, from Old English ēare; akin to Old High German …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DEAF — I. ˈdef, archaic & dial -ē- adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English deef, from Old English dēaf; akin to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TURNING — noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from gerund of turnen to turn — more at turn 1. : the …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TURNING — (n.) The pieces, or chips, detached in the process of turning from the material turned.
Английский словарь Webster
DEAF — (a.) Decayed; tasteless; dead; as, a deaf nut; deaf corn.
Английский словарь Webster
DEAF — (a.) Unwilling to hear or listen; determinedly inattentive; regardless; not to be persuaded as to facts, argument, or exhortation; -- …
Английский словарь Webster
DEAF — (a.) Wanting the sense of hearing, either wholly or in part; unable to perceive sounds; hard of hearing; as, a …
Английский словарь Webster
TURNING — ( n. ) The pieces, or chips, detached in the process of turning from the material turned.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
DEAF — ( a. ) Wanting the sense of hearing, either wholly or in part; unable to perceive sounds; hard of hearing; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
DEAF — ( a. ) Decayed; tasteless; dead; as, a deaf nut; deaf corn.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TURNING — /terr"ning/ , n. 1. the act of a person or thing that turns. 2. an act of reversing position. 3. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
EAR — ear 1 — earless , adj. — earlike , adj. /ear/ , n. 1. the organ of hearing and equilibrium …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DEAF — — deafly , adv. — deafness , n. /def/ , adj., deafer, deafest , n. adj. 1. partially or wholly …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
EAR — I. ˈir noun Etymology: Middle English ere, from Old English ēare; akin to Old High German ōra ear, Latin auris, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TURNING — noun Date: 14th century 1. : the act or course of one that turns 2. : a place of a …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DEAF — ˈdēf adjective Etymology: Middle English deef, from Old English dēaf; akin to Greek typhlos blind, typhein to smoke, Latin fumus …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TURNING — noun deviation from the way or proper course. 2. turning ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of turn. 3. turning ·noun a maneuver …
Webster English vocab
EAR — noun the organ of hearing; the external ear. 2. ear ·noun ·same·as crossette. 3. ear ·noun ·same·as acroterium. 4. ear …
Webster English vocab
DEAF — adj obscurely heard; stifled; deadened. 2. deaf ·vt to deafen. 3. deaf ·adj deprived of the power of hearing; deafened. …
Webster English vocab
TURNING — [turn.ing] n (14c) 1: the act or course of one that turns 2: a place of a change in direction …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
EAR — [ear] n [ME ere, fr. OE eare; akin to OHG ora ear, L auris, Gk ous] (bef. 12c) 1 a: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DEAF — [deaf] adj [ME deef, fr. OE deaf; akin to Gk typhlos blind, typhein to smoke, L fumus smoke--more at fume] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
EAR — vertebrate organ of hearing and equilibrium that detects and analyzes noises by transduction (or the conversion of sound waves into …
Britannica English vocabulary
TURNING — turning BrE AmE ˈtɜːn ɪŋ AmE \ tɝːn ɪŋ ▷ turning|s z ▶ ˈ turning point BrE AmE
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TURNING — / ˈtɜːnɪŋ; NAmE ˈtɜːrnɪŋ/ ( BrE ) (also turn NAmE , BrE ) noun a place where a road leads …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EAR
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DEAF — / def; NAmE / adjective ( deaf·er , deaf·est ) 1. unable to hear anything or unable to hear very …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TURNING — turn ‧ ing /ˈtɜːnɪŋ $ ˈtɜːr-/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Word Family: noun : ↑ turn , ↑ upturn …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
EAR — ear S2 W2 /ɪə $ ɪr/ BrE AmE noun [ Sense 1,2: Language: Old English ; Origin: eare ] [ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DEAF — deaf W3 /def/ BrE AmE adjective [ Language: Old English ] 1 . physically unable to hear anything or unable …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TURNING — n. 1 a a road that branches off another. b a place where this occurs. 2 a use of the …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
EAR — n. 1 a the organ of hearing and balance in man and vertebrates, esp. the external part of this. b …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DEAF — adj. 1 wholly or partly without hearing (deaf in one ear). 2 (foll. by to) refusing to listen or comply. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TURNING — n. 1 a a road that branches off another. b a place where this occurs. 2 a use of the …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
EAR — n. 1 a the organ of hearing and balance in man and vertebrates, esp. the external part of this. b …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DEAF — adj. 1 wholly or partly without hearing (deaf in one ear). 2 (foll. by to) refusing to listen or comply. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TURNING — n.1 a a road that branches off another. b a place where this occurs. 2 a use of the lathe. …
Oxford English vocab
EAR — 1. n.1 a the organ of hearing and balance in man and vertebrates, esp. the external part of this. b …
Oxford English vocab
DEAF — adj.1 wholly or partly without hearing (deaf in one ear). 2 (foll. by to) refusing to listen or comply. 3 …
Oxford English vocab
TURNING — ( turnings) If you take a particular turning , you go along a road which leads away from the side …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EAR — ( ears) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Your ears are the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DEAF — ( deafer, deafest) 1. Someone who is deaf is unable to hear anything or is unable to hear very well. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TURNING — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a turning point (= the time when an important change starts, especially an improvement ) …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
EAR
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DEAF — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES be born blind/deaf etc (= be blind, deaf etc when born ) deaf mute go …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TURNING — [noun] [C]A turning is a place, esp. a road, track or path, where you can leave the road you are …
Cambridge English vocab
EAR — (BODY PART) [noun] [C] - either of the two organs, one on each side of the head, by which people …
Cambridge English vocab
DEAF — [plural] [noun]Many of the TV programmes are broadcast with subtitles for the deaf (= deaf people).
Cambridge English vocab
EAR — n. Organ of hearing and balance. The outer ear directs sound vibrations through the auditory canal to the eardrum, which …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
EAR
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
DEAF — Synonyms and related words : authoritarian, bigot, bigoted, blind, borne, bullheaded, closed, constricted, cramped, creedbound, deaf and dumb, deaf to …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
EAR — See: ABOUT ONE'S EARS or AROUND ONE'S EARS, BELIEVE ONE'S EARS, DRY BEHIND THE EARS, FLEA IN ONE'S EAR, GIVE …
Slang English vocab
TURNING — I. noun ( BrE ) ⇨ See also ↑ turn ADJECTIVE ▪ next ▪ wrong VERB + TURNING ▪ take …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
EAR
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
EAR — n. 25B6; noun an infection of the ear. : See list. he had the ear of the president : ATTENTION, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
DEAF — n. 25B6; adjective she is deaf and blind : HARD OF HEARING, having impaired hearing; informal deaf as a post. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
DEAF — adj. 1 hard of hearing, stone-deaf Sean is slightly deaf in his left ear 2 unhearing, unheedful, heedless, insensible, insensitive, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
EAR — See: ABOUT ONE'S EARS or AROUND ONE'S EARS, BELIEVE ONE'S EARS, DRY BEHIND THE EARS, FLEA IN ONE'S EAR, GIVE …
Словарь английских идиом
TURNING — 1. сущ. 1) вращение, поворот 2) излучина реки; поворот дороги 3) токарное ремесло 4) превращение 5) обточка 6) с.-х. вспашка …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
EAR — I сущ. 1) ухо, ушная раковина inner ear ≈ внутреннее ухо middle ear ≈ среднее ухо outer ear ≈ наружное …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DEAF — прил. 1) а) глухой, лишенный слуха, тугой на ухо deaf of an ear, deaf in one ear ≈ глухой на …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TURNING — 1. ʹtɜ:nıŋ n 1. 1> поворот ( дороги, улицы ) take the first turning to /on/ the right the left …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
EAR — ear.ogg _I ıə n 1. ухо to stop one's ears - заткнуть (себе) уши 2. 1> слух to grate on …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей

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