mute

Speech parts

1. mute - Noun

2. mute - Adjective

3. mute - Verb

5. mute - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

To cast off; to molt.

To eject the contents of the bowels; -- said of birds.

The dung of birds.

Not speaking; uttering no sound; silent.

Incapable of speaking; dumb.

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.

Not giving a ringing sound when struck; -- said of a metal.

One who does not speak, whether from physical inability, unwillingness, or other cause.

One who, from deafness, either congenital or from early life, is unable to use articulate language; a deaf-mute.

A person employed by undertakers at a funeral.

A person whose part in a play does not require him to speak.

Among the Turks, an officer or attendant who is selected for his place because he can not speak.

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.

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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Examples

A beautiful face is a mute recommendation. Publilius Syrus

Autumn wins you best by this its mute appeal to sympathy for its decay. Robert Browning

I have three phobias which, could I mute them, would make my life as slick as a sonnet, but as dull as ditch water: I hate to go to bed, I hate to get up, and I hate to be alone. Tallulah Bankhead

There is little peace in that house where the hen crows and the cock is mute. Italian Proverb

Great griefs are mute. Italian Proverb

Mute as a fish. Russian Proverb

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