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1. (noun) mute, deaf-mute, deaf-and-dumb person
a deaf person who is unable to speak

2. (adj) mute
a device used to soften the tone of a musical instrument

3. (adj) mute, tongueless, unspoken, wordless
expressed without speech
"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

4. (verb) dumb, mute, silent
unable to speak because of hereditary deafness

5. (verb) muffle, mute, dull, damp, dampen, tone down
deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping

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Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) mute
not speaking; uttering no sound; silent

2. (adj) mute
incapable of speaking; dumb

3. (adj) mute
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

4. (adj) mute
not giving a ringing sound when struck; -- said of a metal

5. (noun) mute
the dung of birds

6. (noun) mute
one who does not speak, whether from physical inability, unwillingness, or other cause

7. (noun) mute
one who, from deafness, either congenital or from early life, is unable to use articulate language; a deaf-mute

8. (noun) mute
a person employed by undertakers at a funeral

9. (noun) mute
a person whose part in a play does not require him to speak

10. (noun) mute
among the Turks, an officer or attendant who is selected for his place because he can not speak

11. (noun) mute
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

12. (noun) mute
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

13. mute
to eject the contents of the bowels; -- said of birds

14. (verb) mute
to cast off; to molt

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