mute - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'mute' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Mute

[ a.]

- Not speaking; uttering no sound; silent.
- Incapable of speaking; dumb.
- Not uttered; unpronounced; silent; also, produced by complete closure of the mouth organs which interrupt the passage of breath; -- said of certain letters. See 5th Mute, 2.
- Not giving a ringing sound when struck; -- said of a metal.

2 . Mute

[ n.]

- The dung of birds.
- One who does not speak, whether from physical inability, unwillingness, or other cause.
- One who, from deafness, either congenital or from early life, is unable to use articulate language; a deaf-mute.
- A person employed by undertakers at a funeral.
- A person whose part in a play does not require him to speak.
- Among the Turks, an officer or attendant who is selected for his place because he can not speak.
- A letter which represents no sound; a silent letter; also, a close articulation; an element of speech formed by a position of the mouth organs which stops the passage of the breath; as, p, b, d, k, t.
- A little utensil made of brass, ivory, or other material, so formed that it can be fixed in an erect position on the bridge of a violin, or similar instrument, in order to deaden or soften the tone.

3 . Mute

[ v. t.]

- To cast off; to molt.

4 . Mute

[ v. t. & i.]

- To eject the contents of the bowels; -- said of birds.

Meaning of 'mute' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . mute

[ s]

Meaning (1):
- expressed without speech

Example in sentence:

a mute appeal;
a silent curse;
best grief is tongueless;
choking exasperation and wordless shame;
the words stopped at her lips unsounded;
unspoken grief

Nearby Words:

mutability mutable mutableness mutably mutacism mutage mutanda mutandum mutation mutch

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