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Not physically having the power of speech
“Here was a mute boy who could express himself perfectly with sign language and the most graceful gestures.”
Refraining from speech or temporarily speechless
“Police officers remained mute spectators as pedestrians, bikers, car drivers, autodrivers and other road users waited out the jams under a bright January sun.”
Not expressed in speech
“I threw her a mute look of appeal.”
Characterized by a lack or absence of sound
“She warily eyes dozens of tiny, mute silhouettes outlined against the windowpanes.”
Deep or resonant in sound or tone
To muffle or deaden the sound of
“She screamed into the pillow pulled over her head to mute the sound.”
To reduce the strength or intensity of
“It is too early to tell if such aggressive measures will mute the violence or stoke it.”
To hide or refuse to disclose information
A device used to dull or soften sound, especially for a brass instrument
“Our main focus is on the acoustical modeling of the straight mute for the French horn and the cup mute for the trumpet.”
(technology) A sound setting that has been turned off
A movable bar placed across the fingerboard of a guitar used to raise the pitch of all strings
A non-speaking actor hired in small roles as an extra or supernumerary
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