These are the meanings of the letters DFAE when you unscramble them.
- Deaf (a.)
Decayed; tasteless; dead; as, a deaf nut; deaf corn.
- Deaf (a.)
Deprived of the power of hearing; deafened.
- Deaf (a.)
Obscurely heard; stifled; deadened.
- Deaf (a.)
Unwilling to hear or listen; determinedly inattentive; regardless; not to be persuaded as to facts, argument, or exhortation; -- with to; as, deaf to reason.
- Deaf (a.)
Wanting the sense of hearing, either wholly or in part; unable to perceive sounds; hard of hearing; as, a deaf man.
- Deaf (v. t.)
To deafen.
- Fade (a.)
To become fade; to grow weak; to lose strength; to decay; to perish gradually; to wither, as a plant.
- Fade (a.)
To lose freshness, color, or brightness; to become faint in hue or tint; hence, to be wanting in color.
- Fade (a.)
To sink away; to disappear gradually; to grow dim; to vanish.
- Fade (a.)
Weak; insipid; tasteless; commonplace.
- Fade (v. t.)
To cause to wither; to deprive of freshness or vigor; to wear away.