mute
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/mjuːt/
English
Definitions
noun
- A stopped consonant; a stop.
- An actor who does not speak; a mime performer.
- A person who does not have the power of speech.
- A hired mourner at a funeral; an undertaker's assistant.
verb
- To silence, to make quiet.
- To turn off the sound of.“Please mute the music while I make a call.”
adjective
- Not having the power of speech; dumb.
- Silent; not making a sound.
- Not uttered; unpronounced; silent; also, produced by complete closure of the mouth organs which interrupt the passage of breath; said of certain letters.
- Not giving a ringing sound when struck; said of a metal.
noun
- The faeces of a hawk or falcon.
verb
- Of a bird: to defecate.
verb
- To cast off; to moult.
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Synonyms
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