MUTE

Mute

A mute is a device fitted to a musical instrument to alter the sound produced: by affecting the timbre, reducing the volume, or most commonly both.

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mute

Noun

  1. A stopped consonant; a stop.
  2. An actor who does not speak; a mime performer.
  3. A person who does not have the power of speech.
  4. A hired mourner at a funeral; an undertaker's assistant.
  5. An object for dulling the sound of an instrument, especially a brass instrument, or damper for pianoforte; a sordine.

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. The faeces of a hawk or falcon.

Verb

  1. To silence, to make quiet.
  2. To turn off the sound of.
    Please mute the music while I make a call.

Verb (etymology 2)

  1. Of a bird: to defecate.

Verb (etymology 3)

  1. To cast off; to moult.

Adjective

  1. Not having the power of speech; dumb.
  2. Silent; not making a sound.
  3. Not uttered; unpronounced; silent; also, produced by complete closure of the mouth organs which interrupt the passage of breath; said of certain letters.
  4. Not giving a ringing sound when struck; said of a metal.


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