Definitions for mute
Overview of noun mute
The noun mute has 2 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)
1. mute, deaf-mute, deaf-and-dumb person
(a deaf person who is unable to speak)
2. mute
(a device used to soften the tone of a musical instrument)
Overview of verb mute
The verb mute has 1 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)
1. muffle, mute, dull, damp, dampen, tone down
(deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping)
Overview of adj mute
The adj mute has 2 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (3) 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)
2. dumb, mute, silent
(unable to speak because of hereditary deafness)
