mute.
Not having the power of speech; dumb.
Meaning & usage
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.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English muet, from Anglo-Norman muet, moet, Middle French muet, from mu (“dumb, mute”) + -et, remodelled after Latin mūtus.
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.
An action of muting, especially in a discussion forum as a penalty for breaking rules.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English muet, from Anglo-Norman muet, moet, Middle French muet, from mu (“dumb, mute”) + -et, remodelled after Latin mūtus.
To silence, to make quiet.
To turn off the sound of.
Please mute the music while I make a call.
To cause the content or messages of (a social media account, a website, etc.) to no longer appear on one's feed, trigger notifications, or similar, especially without fully blocking.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English muet, from Anglo-Norman muet, moet, Middle French muet, from mu (“dumb, mute”) + -et, remodelled after Latin mūtus.
Of a bird: to defecate.
Where this word comes from
From Middle French muetir, probably a shortened form of esmeutir, ultimately from Proto-Germanic.
The faeces of a hawk or falcon.
Where this word comes from
From Middle French muetir, probably a shortened form of esmeutir, ultimately from Proto-Germanic.
To cast off; to moult.
Where this word comes from
From Latin mutare (“to change”).
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