MUTE
- silent
- incapable of speech
- person unable to utter words
- device for muffling a musical instrument
- characterized by an absence of speech [adj MUTER, MUTEST] : MUTELY [adv] / to deaden the sound of [v MUTED, MUTES, MUTING] : MUTEDLY [adv]
- to deaden the sound of
- to deaden the sound of [v MUTED, MUTING, MUTES] / dumb (incapable of speech) [adj MUTER, MUTEST]