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What does mute mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word mute? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. Not having the power of speech; dumb. [from 15th c.]
  2. Silent; not making a sound. [from 15th c.]
  3. Not uttered; unpronounced; silent; also, produced by complete closure of the mouth organs which interrupt the passage of breath; said of certain letters.
  4. Not giving a ringing sound when struck; said of a metal.
Noun
  1. (phonetics) A stopped consonant; a stop. [from 16th c.]
  2. (obsolete, theater) An actor who does not speak; a mime performer. [16th-19th c.]
  3. A person who does not have the power of speech. [from 17th c.]
  4. A hired mourner at a funeral; an undertaker's assistant. [from 18th c.]
  5. (music) An object for dulling the sound of an instrument, especially a brass instrument, or damper for pianoforte; a sordine. [from 18th c.]
Verb
  1. (transitive) To silence, to make quiet.
  2. (transitive) To turn off the sound of.
Verb
  1. (now rare) Of a bird: to defecate. [from 15th c.]
Noun
  1. The faeces of a hawk or falcon.
Verb
  1. (transitive) To cast off; to moult.
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