mute

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Adjective

1. Not having the power of speech; dumb. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
2. Silent; not making a sound.
3. Not uttered; unpronounced; silent; also, produced by complete closure of the mouth organs which interrupt the passage of breath; said of certain letters.
4. Not giving a ringing sound when struck; said of a metal.

Noun

1. A stopped consonant; a stop.
2. An actor who does not speak; a mime performer.
3. A person who does not have the power of speech.
4. A hired mourner at a funeral; an undertaker's assistant.
5. An object for dulling the sound of an instrument, especially a brass instrument, or damper for pianoforte; a sordine.
6. An electronic switch or control that mutes the sound.
7. A mute swan.
8. An action of muting, especially in a discussion forum as a penalty for breaking rules.

Verb

1. To silence, to make quiet.
2. To turn off the sound of.
   • Please mute the music while I make a call.
3. To cause the content or messages of to no longer appear on one's feed, trigger notifications, or similar, especially without fully blocking.

Verb

1. Of a bird: to defecate.

Noun

1. The faeces of a hawk or falcon.

Verb

1. To cast off; to moult.

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