mute

mute is a 4-letter English word with 19 senses as transitive verb, transitive/intransitive verb, noun, adjective, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To cast off; to molt. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 8 · 19 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To cast off; to molt.
2. transitive/intransitive verb. To eject the contents of the bowels; -- said of birds.
3. noun. The dung of birds.
4. adjective. Not speaking; uttering no sound; silent.
5. adjective. Incapable of speaking; dumb.
6. adjective. 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.
7. adjective. Not giving a ringing sound when struck; -- said of a metal.
8. noun. One who does not speak, whether from physical inability, unwillingness, or other cause.
9. noun. One who, from deafness, either congenital or from early life, is unable to use articulate language; a deaf-mute.
10. noun. A person employed by undertakers at a funeral.
11. noun. A person whose part in a play does not require him to speak.
12. noun. Among the Turks, an officer or attendant who is selected for his place because he can not speak.
13. noun. 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.
14. noun. 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.
15. noun. a device used to soften the tone of a musical instrument
16. noun. a deaf person who is unable to speak
17. verb. deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping

    Synonyms: damp, dampen, dull, muffle

18. adjective. unable to speak because of hereditary deafness

    Synonyms: dumb, silent

19. adjective. expressed without speech- Emily Dickinson- Thomas Wolfe

    "a mute appeal"

    "a silent curse"

    Synonyms: tongueless, unspoken, wordless

Synonyms

damp, dampen, dull, muffle, dumb, silent, tongueless, unspoken, wordless

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in mute:

tume

Common word forms

muted, muter, mutes, mutely, mutest, muting, muteness

Words from these letters

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