mute

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

1. a deaf person who is unable to speak
• Syn:
deaf-mute, deaf-and-dumb person
• Derivationally related forms:
deaf-mute (for: deaf-mute)
• Hypernyms:
deaf person
• Hyponyms:
dummy, silent person
2. a device used to soften the tone of a musical instrument
• Hypernyms:
acoustic device
• Hyponyms:
sourdine, sordino

II - verb

deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
• Syn:
muffle, dull, damp, dampen, tone down
• Derivationally related forms:
damper (for: damp), muffler (for: muffle)
• Hypernyms:
soften
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something

III - adjective

1. expressed without speech (Freq. 3)
- 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
• Syn:
tongueless, unspoken, wordless
• Similar to:
inarticulate, unarticulate
• Derivationally related forms:
muteness
2. unable to speak because of hereditary deafness
• Syn:
dumb, silent
• Similar to:
inarticulate, unarticulate
• Derivationally related forms:
muteness

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  dumb, silent, tongueless, unspoken, wordless, deaf-mute, deaf-and-dumb person, muffle, dull, damp, dampen, tone down