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Meaning of 'muffle' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Muffle [ n.]
- The bare end of the nose between the nostrils; -- used esp. of ruminants.
2 . Muffle [ v. i.]
- To speak indistinctly, or without clear articulation.
3 . Muffle [ v. t.]
- To wrap up in something that conceals or protects; to wrap, as the face and neck, in thick and disguising folds; hence, to conceal or cover the face of; to envelop; to inclose; -- often with up.
- To prevent seeing, or hearing, or speaking, by wraps bound about the head; to blindfold; to deafen.
- To wrap with something that dulls or deadens the sound of; as, to muffle the strings of a drum, or that part of an oar which rests in the rowlock.
- Anything with which another thing, as an oar or drum, is muffled; also, a boxing glove; a muff.
- An earthenware compartment or oven, often shaped like a half cylinder, used in furnaces to protect objects heated from the direct action of the fire, as in scorification of ores, cupellation of ore buttons, etc.
- A small oven for baking and fixing the colors of painted or printed pottery, without exposing the pottery to the flames of the furnace or kiln.
- A pulley block containing several sheaves.

Meaning of 'muffle' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . muffle [ v]
Meaning (1):
- suppress in order to conceal or hide
Example in sentence:
  • muffle one's anger;
  • repress a cry of fear;
  • smother a yawn;
  • strangle a laugh

Nearby Words:

muff muffed muffetee muffin muffineer muffing muffish muffled muffler muffling

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