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Definition of Mute

Mute To cast off; to molt. To eject the contents of the bowels; -- said of birds. The dung of birds. 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. 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. Related Definitions: Also, Among, An, Articulate, Articulation, As, At, Attendant, Be, Because, Brass, Breath, Bridge, By, Can, Cast, Cause, Certain, Close, Closure, Complete, Congenital, Contents, Deaden, Deaf-Mute, Deafness, Does, Dumb, Dung, Early, Either, Eject, Element, Employed, Erect, Fixed, For, Formed, From, Funeral, Giving, He, Him, His, In, Inability, Incapable, Instrument, Interrupt, Is, It, Ivory, Language, Letter, Life, Little, Made, Material, Metal, Molt, Mouth, Mute, No, Not, Of, Off, Officer, On, One, Or, Order, Other, Part, Passage, Person, Physical, Place, Play, Position, Produced, Require, Ringing, Said, See, Selected, Silent, Similar, So, Soften, Sound, Speak, Speaking, Speech, Struck, That, The, To, Tone, Unable, Use, Utensil, Uttered, Uttering, Violin, When, Whether, Which, Who, Whose

Mute Quotations So by the time I got to Michigan I was a stutterer. I couldn't talk. So my first year of school was my first mute year and then those mute years continued until I got to high school. James E. Jones So, poetry becomes a means for useful dialogue between people who are not only unknown, but mute to each other. It produces a dialogue among people that guards all of us against manipulation by our so-called leaders. June Jordan I have three phobias which, could I mute them, would make my life as slick as a sonnet, but as dull as ditch water: I hate to go to bed, I hate to get up, and I hate to be alone. Tallulah Bankhead A beautiful face is a mute recommendation. Publilius Syrus Watch me when people say deaf and dumb, or deaf mute, and I give them a look like you might get if you called Denzel Washington the wrong name. Marlee Matlin

Mute Translations mute in Danish is stum mute in Dutch is sprakeloos, stom mute in French is muet mute in Italian is muto mute in Norwegian is stum mute in Spanish is mudo

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