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List of meaning for mute

mute, deaf-mute, deaf-and-dumb person(noun)

a deaf person who is unable to speak

mute(adj)

a device used to soften the tone of a musical instrument

mute, tongueless, unspoken, wordless(adj)

expressed without speech

"a mute appeal"; "a silent curse"; "best grief is tongueless"- Emily Dickinson; "the words stopped at her lips unsounded"; "unspoken grief"; "choking exasperation and wordless shame"- Thomas Wolfe

dumb, mute, silent(verb)

unable to speak because of hereditary deafness

muffle, mute, dull, damp, dampen, tone down(verb)

deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping

unable to speak

the child is both deaf and mute because her hearing was lost at birth

deliberately refraining from speech

remained mute no matter how much we pleaded for an answer

a device on a musical instrument that deadens or softens its tone

I was practicing my trumpet at three in the morning when the mute fell out, and I managed to wake everyone up

to stop the noise or speech of

muted the television while she was on the phone

to deaden the sound of

closing the windows muted the traffic noise so we could get to sleep

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