Main entry: mute
Definition: a device used to soften the tone of a musical instrument
Main entry: mute, deaf-and-dumb person, deaf-mute
Definition: a deaf person who is unable to speak
Main entry: tone down, dull, damp, dampen, muffle, mute
Definition: deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
Main entry: mute, dumb, silent
Definition: unable to speak because of hereditary deafness
Main entry: tongueless, wordless, unspoken, mute
Definition: expressed without speech
Usage: 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