Overview of noun mute

The noun mute has 2 senses

• mute, deaf-mute, deaf-and-dumb person -- (a deaf person who is unable to speak)


• mute -- (a device used to soften the tone of a musical instrument)

Overview of verb mute

The verb mute has 1 sense

• muffle, mute, dull, damp, dampen, tone down -- (deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping)

Overview of adj mute

The adj mute has 2 senses

• mute, tongueless, unspoken, wordless -- (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)


• dumb, mute, silent -- (unable to speak because of hereditary deafness)