MUTE
\mjˈuːt], \mjˈuːt], \m_j_ˈuː_t]\
Definitions of MUTE
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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deaden (a sound or noise), esp. by wrapping
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a deaf person who is unable to speak
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a device used to soften the tone of a musical instrument
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By Princeton University
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Not speaking; uttering no sound; silent.
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Incapable of speaking; dumb.
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One who does not speak, whether from physical inability, unwillingness, or other cause.
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One who, from deafness, either congenital or from early life, is unable to use articulate language; a deaf-mute.
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A person employed by undertakers at a funeral.
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A person whose part in a play does not require him to speak.
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Among the Turks, an officer or attendant who is selected for his place because he can not speak.
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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.
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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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Dung of birds.
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To eject the contents of the bowels; - said of birds.
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Not uttered; unpronounced; silent; also, produced by complete closure of the mouth organs which interrupt the passage of breath; - said of certain letters. See 5th Mute, 2.
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Not giving a ringing sound when struck; - said of a metal.
By Oddity Software
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Not speaking; uttering no sound; silent.
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Incapable of speaking; dumb.
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One who does not speak, whether from physical inability, unwillingness, or other cause.
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One who, from deafness, either congenital or from early life, is unable to use articulate language; a deaf-mute.
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A person employed by undertakers at a funeral.
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A person whose part in a play does not require him to speak.
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Among the Turks, an officer or attendant who is selected for his place because he can not speak.
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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.
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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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Dung of birds.
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To eject the contents of the bowels; - said of birds.
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Not uttered; unpronounced; silent; also, produced by complete closure of the mouth organs which interrupt the passage of breath; - said of certain letters. See 5th Mute, 2.
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Not giving a ringing sound when struck; - said of a metal.
By Noah Webster.
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One who cannot speak or who remains silent; a consonant which is not pronounced; a contrivance to deaden or soften the sound of a musical instrument.
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Silent; dumb; speechless; not pronounced or sounded.
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Mutely.
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Muteness.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Mutely.
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Muteness.
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Incapable of speaking: dumb: silent: unpronounced.
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One mute or dumb: one who remains silent: a person stationed by undertakers at the door of a house at a funeral: (gram.) a letter having no sound without the aid of a vowel, as b: (law) one who refuses to plead to an indictment.
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To dung, as birds.
By Daniel Lyons
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Mutely.
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Muteness.
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Speechless; silent; dumb.
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One who does not speak, as a silent actor.
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In Turkey, a dumb officer of the Seraglio, who acts as executioner.
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A letter (as b in dumb) that is not sounded.
By James Champlin Fernald
By William R. Warner
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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n. One who is silent or speechless;- one unable to use articulate language, or refusing to speak or answer;—a person employed to stand before the door of a house, or before the coffin at a funeral;- a dumb attendant of a seraglio;- a letter which represents no sound; a silent letter;- an articulation which intercepts the voice of the breath, as p, b, d, g, k,t.
