muffle

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Synonyms: ruffle, maffle, wuffle, fuffle, muffie, mouffle, muffly, duffle, buffle, moffle, huffle

Antonyms: ruffle, maffle, wuffle, fuffle, muffie, mouffle, muffly, duffle, buffle, moffle, huffle

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Noun

1. Anything that [[mute]]s or [[deaden]]s sound.
2. A warm piece of clothing for the hands.
3. {{lb|en|slang|archaic}} A [[boxing glove]].
4. A [[kiln]] or [[furnace]], often [[electric]], with no [[direct]] [[flame]]s (a [[muffle furnace]])
5. The bare end of the nose between the [[nostril]]s, especially in [[ruminant]]s.
6. A [[machine]] with two [[pulley]]s to [[hoist]] [[load]] by [[spinning wheel]]s, [[polyspast]], [[block and tackle]].

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[wrap]] (a person, face etc.) in fabric or another covering, for [[warmth]] or [[protection]]; often with ''up''.
2. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[wrap up]] or [[cover]] (a source of noise) in order to deaden the sound.
3. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[mute]] or [[deaden]] (a sound etc.).
4. {{lb|en|intransitive|dated}} To speak indistinctly, or without clear articulation.
5. {{lb|en|transitive|dated}} To prevent seeing, or hearing, or speaking, by wraps bound about the head; to [[blindfold]]; to [[deafen]].

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