Definition of dumb

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Dumb (a.) Destitute of the power of speech; unable; to utter articulate sounds; as, the dumb brutes..

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Thunderstrike :: Thunderstrike (v. t.) To astonish, or strike dumb, as with something terrible; -- rarely used except in the past participle..
Shadow :: Shadow (n.) To represent faintly or imperfectly; to adumbrate; hence, to represent typically..
Pantomime :: Pantomime (n.) One who acts his part by gesticulation or dumb show only, without speaking; a pantomimist..
Micrococcus :: Micrococcus (n.) A genus of Spherobacteria, in the form of very small globular or oval cells, forming, by transverse division, filaments, or chains of cells, or in some cases single organisms shaped like dumb-bells (Diplococcus), all without the power of motion. See Illust. of Ascoccus..
Pantomime :: Pantomime (n.) A dramatic representation by actors who use only dumb show; hence, dumb show, generally..
Dumb :: Dumb (a.) Destitute of the power of speech; unable; to utter articulate sounds; as, the dumb brutes..
Adumbration :: Adumbration (n.) The shadow or outlines of a figure.
Adumbrate :: Adumbrate (v. t.) To overshadow; to shade.
Dummerer :: Dummerer (n.) One who feigns dumbness.
Pantomime :: Pantomime (n.) A dramatic and spectacular entertainment of which dumb acting as well as burlesque dialogue, music, and dancing by Clown, Harlequin, etc., are features..
Adumbrate :: Adumbrate (v. t.) To give a faint shadow or slight representation of; to outline; to shadow forth.
Dumb-waiter :: Dumb-waiter (n.) A framework on which dishes, food, etc., are passed from one room or story of a house to another; a lift for dishes, etc.; also, a piece of furniture with movable or revolving shelves..
Adumbration :: Adumbration (n.) The act of adumbrating, or shadowing forth..
Dumb :: Dumb (v. t.) To put to silence.
Adumbrant :: Adumbrant (a.) Giving a faint shadow, or slight resemblance; shadowing forth..
Shadowing :: Shadowing (n.) A faint representation; an adumbration.
Dumfound :: Dumfound (v. t.) To strike dumb; to confuse with astonishment.
Mute :: Mute (a.) Incapable of speaking; dumb.
Manichordon :: Manichordon () The clavichord or clarichord; -- called also dumb spinet.
Sign :: Sign (n.) Hence, one of the gestures of pantomime, or of a language of a signs such as those used by the North American Indians, or those used by the deaf and dumb..
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