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mute
silent; refraining from speech; incapable of speech; to deaden or muffle the sound of
Not to be confused with:
moot – debatable; undecided: a moot point; disputable, unsettled
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mute
(myo͞ot)adj. mut·er, mut·est
1. Refraining from producing speech or vocal sound.
2.
a. Offensive Unable to speak.
b. Unable to vocalize, as certain animals.
3. Expressed without speech; unspoken: a mute appeal.
4. Law Declining to enter a plea to a criminal charge: standing mute.
5. Linguistics
a. Not pronounced; silent, as the e in the word house.
b. Pronounced with a temporary stoppage of breath, as the sounds (p) and (b); plosive; stopped.
n.
1. Offensive One who is incapable of speech.
2. Law A defendant who declines to enter a plea to a criminal charge.
3. Music Any of various devices used to muffle or soften the tone of an instrument.
4. Linguistics
a. A silent letter.
b. A plosive; a stop.
tr.v. mut·ed, mut·ing, mutes
1. To soften or muffle the sound of.
2. To soften the tone, color, shade, or hue of.
[Middle English muet, from Old French, from diminutive of mu, from Latin mūtus.]
mute′ly adv.
mute′ness n.
Usage Note: In reference to people who are unable to speak, mute and deaf-mute are now usually considered objectionable. Unlike blind and deaf, which are straightforward terms that need not be avoided out of fear of causing offense, mute and deaf-mute have fallen out of use and are likely to evoke older stereotypes of helplessness or pitiableness. They are especially objectionable if taken to imply that a person who cannot or does not use oral speech is thereby deprived of language. Many people who lack the ability to speak now converse through ASL or similar sign languages, which have the same communicative utility as spoken language. See Usage Note at deaf.
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mute
(mjuːt)adj
1. not giving out sound or speech; silent
2. (Pathology) offensive unable to speak; dumb
3. unspoken or unexpressed: mute dislike.
4. (Law) law (of a person arraigned on indictment) refusing to answer a charge
5. (Phonetics & Phonology) phonetics another word for plosive
6. (Phonetics & Phonology) (of a letter in a word) silent
n
7. (Pathology) offensive a person who is unable to speak
8. (Law) law a person who refuses to plead when arraigned on indictment for an offence
9. (Instruments) any of various devices used to soften the tone of stringed or brass instruments
10. (Phonetics & Phonology) phonetics a plosive consonant; stop
11. (Phonetics & Phonology) a silent letter
12. (Theatre) an actor in a dumb show
13. a hired mourner at a funeral
vb (tr)
14. (Instruments) to reduce the volume of (a musical instrument) by means of a mute, soft pedal, etc
15. (Art Terms) to subdue the strength of (a colour, tone, lighting, etc)
[C14: muwet from Old French mu, from Latin mūtus silent]
ˈmutely adv
ˈmuteness n
Usage: Using mute to refer to people without speech is considered outdated and offensive and should be avoided. The phrase profoundly deaf is a suitable alternative in many contexts
mute
(mjuːt)vb
(Zoology) (of birds) to discharge (faeces)
n
(Zoology) birds' faeces
[C15: from Old French meutir, variant of esmeltir, of Germanic origin; probably related to smelt1 and melt]
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mute
(myut)adj. mut•er, mut•est, adj.
1. silent; refraining from speech or utterance.
2. not emitting or having sound of any kind.
3. incapable of speech.
4. (of letters) silent; not pronounced.
5. Law. (of a person who has been arraigned) making no plea or refusing to stand trial: to stand mute.
n. 6. a person who does not speak, esp. one who, because of congenital deafness, has never learned to speak.
7. Law. a person who stands mute when arraigned.
8. a mechanical device for muffling the tone of a musical instrument.
v.t. 10. to deaden or muffle the sound of.
11. to reduce the intensity of (a color) by the addition of another color.
[1375–1425; Middle English muet < Middle French, assimilated, in the 16th century, to Latin mūtus mute]
mute′ly, adv.
mute′ness, n.
usage: See dumb.
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Mute
pack of hounds—Bk. of St. Albans, 1486.Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
mute
Past participle: muted
Gerund: muting
| Imperative |
|---|
| mute |
| mute |
| Present |
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| I mute |
| you mute |
| he/she/it mutes |
| we mute |
| you mute |
| they mute |
| Preterite |
|---|
| I muted |
| you muted |
| he/she/it muted |
| we muted |
| you muted |
| they muted |
| Present Continuous |
|---|
| I am muting |
| you are muting |
| he/she/it is muting |
| we are muting |
| you are muting |
| they are muting |
| Present Perfect |
|---|
| I have muted |
| you have muted |
| he/she/it has muted |
| we have muted |
| you have muted |
| they have muted |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was muting |
| you were muting |
| he/she/it was muting |
| we were muting |
| you were muting |
| they were muting |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had muted |
| you had muted |
| he/she/it had muted |
| we had muted |
| you had muted |
| they had muted |
| Future |
|---|
| I will mute |
| you will mute |
| he/she/it will mute |
| we will mute |
| you will mute |
| they will mute |
| Future Perfect |
|---|
| I will have muted |
| you will have muted |
| he/she/it will have muted |
| we will have muted |
| you will have muted |
| they will have muted |
| Future Continuous |
|---|
| I will be muting |
| you will be muting |
| he/she/it will be muting |
| we will be muting |
| you will be muting |
| they will be muting |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I have been muting |
| you have been muting |
| he/she/it has been muting |
| we have been muting |
| you have been muting |
| they have been muting |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I will have been muting |
| you will have been muting |
| he/she/it will have been muting |
| we will have been muting |
| you will have been muting |
| they will have been muting |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I had been muting |
| you had been muting |
| he/she/it had been muting |
| we had been muting |
| you had been muting |
| they had been muting |
| Conditional |
|---|
| I would mute |
| you would mute |
| he/she/it would mute |
| we would mute |
| you would mute |
| they would mute |
| Past Conditional |
|---|
| I would have muted |
| you would have muted |
| he/she/it would have muted |
| we would have muted |
| you would have muted |
| they would have muted |
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Noun 1. [画像:mute - a deaf person who is unable to speak]mute - a deaf person who is unable to speak
deaf person - a person with a severe auditory impairment
dummy, silent person - a person who does not talk
2. mute - a device used to soften the tone of a musical instrument
acoustic device - a device for amplifying or transmitting sound
Verb 1. [画像:mute - deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping]mute - deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
soften - make (images or sounds) soft or softer
Adj. 1. mute - 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
inarticulate, unarticulate - without or deprived of the use of speech or words; "inarticulate beasts"; "remained stupidly inarticulate and saying something noncommittal"; "inarticulate with rage"; "an inarticulate cry"
2. mute - unable to speak because of hereditary deafness
inarticulate, unarticulate - without or deprived of the use of speech or words; "inarticulate beasts"; "remained stupidly inarticulate and saying something noncommittal"; "inarticulate with rage"; "an inarticulate cry"
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mute
adjective
1. close-mouthed, silent, taciturn, tongue-tied, tight-lipped, unspeaking He was mute, distant and indifferent.
3. dumb, speechless, voiceless, unspeaking, aphasic, aphonic The duke's daughter became mute after a shock.
verb
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mute
adjective1. Temporarily unable or unwilling to speak, as from shock or fear:
2. Lacking the power or faculty of speech:
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Translations
صامِتغَيْر مَنْطوق بهلا يَسْتَطيع الكلام، أخْرَس
глухоням
němýneznělá hláska
stum
äänetönhiljentäämykistäämykkävaientaa
hangfogónémaszordínó
mállausòögull
bežadisnebylusnetariamas
mēmsmēms, bezvārdu-neizrunājams
nevyslovený
nemnemanemo
sordinstumtyst
mute
[mjuːt]Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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mute
adj → stumm (also Ling); amazement, rage → sprachlos ; mute (Comput: command) → Ton aus; to be mute about something → über etw (acc) → schweigen ; to sit mute → schweigend dasitzen ; he was mute with rage → er brachte vor Wut kein Wort heraus
n
(= dumb person) → Stumme(r) mf
(= hired mourner) → Totenkläger m; (= woman) → Klageweib nt
(Mus) → Dämpfer m
vt → dämpfen
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mute
(mjuːt) adjective1. unable to speak; dumb. stom لا يَسْتَطيع الكلام، أخْرَس ням mudo němý stumm stum μουγγός mudo tumm لال puhumaton muet אִלֵם मूक nijem néma bisu mállaus muto 口のきけない 말 못하는 nebylus mēms bisu stom stum niemy لال mudo mut немой nemý nem nem stum ใบ้ dilsiz 瘖啞的 німий گونگا câm 哑的
2. silent. She gazed at him in mute horror. stil, sprakeloos صامِت тих mudo němý stumm stum άφωνος, σιωπηλός mudo sõnatu بى صدا äänetön muet שוֹתֵק मौन utišan néma bisu þögull muto 無言の 침묵하는 tylus, beþadis mēms, bezvārdu- senyap stom stum, stille milczący, niemy بی غږه mudo tăcut молчаливый nemý, tichý nem tih tyst, mållös เงียบ sessiz 沉默不語的 мовчазний خاموش yên lặng 不出声的
3. (of a letter) not sounded in certain words. The word `dumb' has a mute `b' at the end. uitspraakloos, stemloos غَيْر مَنْطوق به непроизнасян mudo neznělá hláska stumm stum άφωνος, μη προφερόμενος mudo hääldumatu صامت ääntymätön muet שוֹתֵק आवाज मंद करना koji se ne izgovara néma tidak berbunyi þögull muto 黙字の 묵음의 netariamas neizrunājams tidak berbunyi stom stum niemy بی غږه mudo mut немой nevyslovený nezveneč bezvučan stum ไม่ออกเสียง okunmayan (字母)不發音的 такий, що не вимовляється بے آواز âm câm 不发音的
ˈmutely adverb stom بِصَمْتٍ، حَرف غَيْر مَنْطوق беззвучно mudamente němě stumm stumt βουβά en silencio hääletult بطور گنگ äänettömästi en silence בִּשתִיקָה गूंगापन nijemo némán dengan membisu í hljóði in silenzio 黙って 무언으로 nebyliai, tyliai mēmi; bez skaņas secara senyap stom taust, stumt niemo ګنګه mudamente în linişte, în tăcere молча; безмолвно nemo nemo nemo stumt, tyst อย่างไม่ออกเสียง sessizce 瘖啞地,沉默不語地,(字母)不發音地 мовчки خاموشی سے، چپ چاپ một cách yên lặng 无言地,不出声地
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mute
n. mudo-a.
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mute
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