mute
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Is mute a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (phonetics, now obsolete) A stopped consonant; a stop.Synonyms: occlusive, plosive, stopobsolete
2. (obsolete, theater) An actor who does not speak; a mime performer.Examples: "As for the poor honest Maid, whom all the Story is built upon, and who ought to be one of the principal Actors in the Play, she is commonly a Mute in it:"obsolete
3. (music) An object for dulling the sound of an instrument, especially a brass instrument, or damper for pianoforte; a sordine.
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To silence, to make quiet.transitive
2. (transitive) To turn off the sound of.Examples: "Please mute the music while I make a call."Antonyms: unmutetransitive
verb (English)
1. (archaic) Of a bird: to defecate.Examples: "I Mute as a hauke dothe whan ſhe hath endued her gorge."; "And I knewe not that there were Sparrowes in the wall, and mine eyes being open, the Sparrowes muted warme doung into mine eyes, […]"; "The Birds were large, fine, and neat accordingly; looking as like the Men in my Country, as one Pea do's like another; for they eat and drank like Men, muted like Men, endued or digested like Men, farted like Men, but stunk like Devils, […]"archaic
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To cast off; to moult.Examples: "Have I muted all my feathers?"transitive
Definition source: Wiktionary