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| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | deaf-and-dumb person, deaf-mute |
| Type of | deaf person |
| Has types | dummy, silent person |
mute::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | acoustic device |
| Has types | sourdine, sordino |
Examples of mute
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Each student experienced being blind, deaf, and mute through various activities.
From the desmoinesregister.com
Vitale's on-air fanatical zeal is the reason TV remotes come with a mute button.
From the kansas.com
As for toppings, sausage is all but mute, while white clam packs a garlic punch.
From the washingtonpost.com
The person stands there mute for a significant length of time and then responds.
From the economist.com
Will my brain dissolve as I chew on the brain of this mute four-legged creature?
From the scienceblogs.com
A take-off on Bernardo, the mute manservant of Zorro and Batman's butler Alfred.
From the en.wikipedia.org
I am very anxious when I talk to people, and tend to blank out, or just go mute.
From the psychcentral.com
Defense lawyer Dominic Greco told the judge she was standing mute to the charges.
From the time.com
It isn't, and requires something other than mute appreciation or a shopper's eye.
From the guardian.co.uk
- A deaf person who is unable to speak
- Expressed without speech; "a mute appeal"; "a silent curse"; "best grief is tongueless"- Emily Dickinson; "the words stopped at her lips unsounded"; "unspoken grief"; "choking exasperation and wordless shame"- Thomas Wolfe
- Muffle: deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
- A device used to soften the tone of a musical instrument
- Dumb: unable to speak because of hereditary deafness
- (muted) hushed: in a softened tone; "hushed voices"; "muted trumpets"; "a subdued whisper"; "a quiet reprimand"
- The MUTE Network (or MUTE-net) is an unmaintained peer-to-peer file sharing network developed with anonymity in mind. The MUTE client is open source software released under the Public domain and includes support for the Linux, Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows computer operating systems.
- Mute is a compilation album released in 2000 on Hush Records. The disc of instrumental music is a sampler of the label's roster.
- A funeral is a ceremony for celebrating, sanctifying, or remembering the life of a deceased person. Funerary customs comprise the complex of beliefs and practices used by a culture to remember the dead, from the funeral itself, to various monuments, prayers, and rituals undertaken in their honor ...
