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mute

adj
/mjuːt/UK/mjʉwt//mjut/US

Etymology

From Middle English muet, from Anglo-Norman muet, moet, Middle French muet, from mu (“dumb, mute”) + -et, remodelled after Latin mūtus.

  1. derived from mūtus
  2. derived from muet
  3. derived from muet
  4. inherited from muet

Definitions

  1. Not having the power of speech

    Not having the power of speech; dumb.

  2. Silent

    Silent; not making a sound.

    • He ask’d, but all the Heav’nly Quire ſtood mute, / And ſilence was in Heav’n: […]
    • […] The heathens have broken into Thy Temple, and Thou art silent! Esau mocks Thy Children, and Thou remainest mute! Show thyself, arise, and let Thy Voice resound, Thou mutest among all the mute!

  3. Not uttered

    Not uttered; unpronounced; silent; also, produced by complete closure of the mouth organs which interrupt the passage of breath; said of certain letters.

  4. ›+ 14 more definitions

    1. Not giving a ringing sound when struck

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

    2. A stopped consonant

      A stopped consonant; a stop.

    3. An actor who does not speak

      An actor who does not speak; a mime performer.

      • As for the poor honest Maid, whom all the Story is built upon, and who ought to be one of the principal Actors in the Play, she is commonly a Mute in it:

    4. A person who does not have the power of speech.

      • The girl left, and presently returned, followed by two male mutes, to whom the Queen made another sign.

    5. A hired mourner at a funeral

      A hired mourner at a funeral; an undertaker's assistant.

      • He asked about the undertaking business, and how many mutes went down with Lady Estrich’s remains […]
      • The little box was eventually carried in one hand by the leading mute, while his colleague, with a finger placed on the lid, to prevent it from swaying, walked to one side and a little to the rear.
      • Then followed a long silence during which the mute turned to them and said, ‘Of course you'll be wanting an urn, sir?’

    6. An object for dulling the sound of an instrument, especially a brass instrument, or…

      An object for dulling the sound of an instrument, especially a brass instrument, or damper for pianoforte; a sordine.

    7. An electronic switch or control that mutes the sound.

    8. A mute swan.

      • The trumpeters' fate seems likely to get tangled with that of the mute swan. Currently there's enough habitat for both species, but that may change if trumpeters flourish and mutes aren't controlled. Right now mutes are thriving.

    9. An action of muting, especially in a discussion forum as a penalty for breaking rules.

    10. To silence, to make quiet.

    11. To turn off the sound of.

      • Please mute the music while I make a call.

    12. Of a bird

      Of a bird: to defecate.

      • I Mute as a hauke dothe whan ſhe hath endued her gorge.
      • And I knewe not that there were Sparrowes in the wall, and mine eyes being open, the Sparrowes muted warme doung into mine eyes, […]

    13. The faeces of a hawk or falcon.

      • On which was written not in words, But hieroglyphic mute of birds

    14. To cast off

      To cast off; to moult.

      • Have I muted all my feathers?

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Derived

deaf-mute, I'm mute, mute as a mouse, mute cornett, mute e, mute h, mutely, muteness, mute of malice, mute point, mute swan, mutism, mutist, mutistic, nonmute, palm mute, selectively mute, semimute, mute cancel, mute list, plunger mute, muteable, muter

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for mute. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA