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mute


I - noun
1. a deaf person who is unable to speak
Syn:
deaf-mute, deaf-and-dumb person
Derivationally related forms:
deaf-mute (for: deaf-mute)
Hypernyms:
deaf person
Hyponyms:
dummy, silent person
2. a device used to soften the tone of a musical instrument
Hypernyms:
acoustic device
Hyponyms:
sourdine, sordino

II - verb
deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
Syn:
muffle, dull, damp, dampen, tone down
Derivationally related forms:
damper (for: damp), muffler (for: muffle)
Hypernyms:
soften
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something

III - adjective
1. expressed without speech (Freq. 3)
- 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
Syn:
tongueless, unspoken, wordless
Similar to:
inarticulate, unarticulate
Derivationally related forms:
muteness
2. unable to speak because of hereditary deafness
Syn:
dumb, silent
Similar to:
inarticulate, unarticulate
Derivationally related forms:
muteness

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