Definition of mute

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Mute (n.) A little utensil made of brass, ivory, or other material, so formed that it can be fixed in an erect position on the bridge of a violin, or similar instrument, in order to deaden or soften the tone..

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Silence :: Silence (n.) Forbearance from, or absence of, speech; taciturnity; muteness..
Shut :: Shut (a.) Formed by complete closure of the mouth passage, and with the nose passage remaining closed; stopped, as are the mute consonants, p, t, k, b, d, and hard g..
Speechless :: Speechless (a.) Not speaking for a time; dumb; mute; silent.
Mute :: Mute (n.) One who, from deafness, either congenital or from early life, is unable to use articulate language; a deaf-mute..
Mute :: Mute (n.) The dung of birds.
Transmutable :: Transmutable (a.) Capable of being transmuted or changed into a different substance, or into into something of a different form a nature; transformable..
Permute :: Permute (v. t.) To interchange; to transfer reciprocally.
Mute :: Mute (n.) Among the Turks, an officer or attendant who is selected for his place because he can not speak..
Mute :: Mute (a.) Not giving a ringing sound when struck; -- said of a metal.
Dumb :: Dumb (a.) Not willing to speak; mute; silent; not speaking; not accompanied by words; as, dumb show..
Mute :: Mute (n.) A letter which represents no sound; a silent letter; also, a close articulation; an element of speech formed by a position of the mouth organs which stops the passage of the breath; as, p, b, d, k, t..
Mute :: Mute (a.) Not speaking; uttering no sound; silent.
Soft :: Soft (superl.) Applied to a palatal, a sibilant, or a dental consonant (as g in gem, c in cent, etc.) as distinguished from a guttural mute (as g in go, c in cone, etc.); -- opposed to hard..
Media :: Media (n.) One of the sonant mutes /, /, / (b, d, g), in Greek, or of their equivalents in other languages, so named as intermediate between the tenues, /, /, / (p, t, k), and the aspiratae (aspirates) /, /, / (ph or f, th, ch). Also called middle mute, or medial, and sometimes soft mute..
Semiimute :: Semiimute (a.) Having the faculty of speech but imperfectly developed or partially lost.
Dumbly :: Dumbly (adv.) In silence; mutely.
Mute :: Mute (n.) One who does not speak, whether from physical inability, unwillingness, or other cause..
Mutely :: Mutely (adv.) Without uttering words or sounds; in a mute manner; silently.
Pantomime :: Pantomime (a.) Representing only in mute actions; pantomimic; as, a pantomime dance..
Muteness :: Muteness (n.) The quality or state of being mute; speechlessness.
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