1syllable
mute
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Definitions ofmute
1noun
- A stopped consonant; a stop.
- An actor who does not speak; a mime performer.
- A person who does not have the power of speech.
- A hired mourner at a funeral; an undertaker's assistant.
- An object for dulling the sound of an instrument, especially a brass instrument, or damper for pianoforte; a sordine.
- An electronic switch or control that mutes the sound.
- A mute swan.
1verb
- To silence, to make quiet.
- To turn off the sound of.
Example: "Please mute the music while I make a call."
1adjective
- Not having the power of speech; dumb.
- Silent; not making a sound.
- Not uttered; unpronounced; silent; also, produced by complete closure of the mouth organs which interrupt the passage of breath; said of certain letters.
- Not giving a ringing sound when struck; said of a metal.
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