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51mute — mute1 [mju:t] adj [Date: 1300 1400; : French; Origin: muet, from Latin mutus] 1.) written someone who is mute does not speak, or refuses to speak = ↑silent ▪ Billy continued to stand there, mute and defiant. 2.) old fashioned someone who is mute… …
52mute — 1 adjective 1 not speaking or refusing to speak: Helena glared at me in mute anger. 2 old fashioned unable to speak; dumb 3 technical not pronounced: a mute e mutely adverb muteness noun (U) 2 verb (T) 1 to make a sound quieter: He placed a hand… …
53mute — adj., n., & v. adj. 1 silent, refraining from or temporarily bereft of speech. 2 not emitting articulate sound. 3 (of a person or animal) dumb. 4 not expressed in speech (mute protest). 5 a (of a letter) not pronounced. b (of a consonant) plosive …
54mute — adj 1. silent, speechless, wordless, mum; tight lipped, taciturn, reserved, uncommunicative, reticent, close mouthed; still, noiseless, quiet, Archaic. hush. 2. dumb, speechless, voiceless, Pathol. aphonic; deaf and dumb. 3.(all of letters)… …
55mute — [mju:t] adjective 1》 (of a person) refraining from speech or temporarily speechless. ↘lacking the faculty of speech. ↘(of hounds) not giving tongue while hunting. 2》 (of a letter) not pronounced. noun 1》 a person without the power of… …
56deaf-and-dumb — /def euhn dum /, adj. Often Offensive. deaf mute (def. 1). [1150 1200; ME def and doumb] * * * …
57mute — Synonyms and related words: abiotic, acoustic tile, allophone, alveolar, anaudic, antiknock, aphasic, aphonic, apico alveolar, apico dental, articulation, aspiration, assimilation, azoic, baffle, baffler, baton, bearer, bilabial, bit player,… …
58deaf and dumb — adjective : deaf mute …
59Mute — Mute, a. [L. mutus; cf. Gr. my ein to shut, Skr. m[=u]ta bound, m[=u]ka dumb: cf. OE. muet, fr. F. muet, a dim. of OF. mu, L. mutus.] 1. Not speaking; uttering no sound; silent. [1913 Webster] All the heavenly choir stood mute, And silence was in …
60Mute swan — Mute Mute, a. [L. mutus; cf. Gr. my ein to shut, Skr. m[=u]ta bound, m[=u]ka dumb: cf. OE. muet, fr. F. muet, a dim. of OF. mu, L. mutus.] 1. Not speaking; uttering no sound; silent. [1913 Webster] All the heavenly choir stood mute, And silence… …
