MUTE

Meaning of MUTE in English

Function: noun

Date: 1530

1 : STOP 9

2 : a person who cannot or does not speak

3 : a device attached to or inserted into a musical instrument to soften or alter its tone

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

MUTE — adj mute, dumb, silent; littera mute [Phonet.] mute or silent letter
Interlingua English vocab
MUTE — I. ˈmyüt, usu -üd.+V adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: alteration (influenced by Latin mutus ) of Middle English muet, mewet, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MUTE — (n.) One who, from deafness, either congenital or from early life, is unable to use articulate language; a deaf-mute.
Английский словарь Webster
MUTE — (a.) Not uttered; unpronounced; silent; also, produced by complete closure of the mouth organs which interrupt the passage of breath; …
Английский словарь Webster
MUTE — ( n. ) One who, from deafness, either congenital or from early life, is unable to use articulate language; a …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MUTE — ( a. ) Not uttered; unpronounced; silent; also, produced by complete closure of the mouth organs which interrupt the passage …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MUTE — — mutely , adv. — muteness , n. /myooht/ , adj., muter, mutest , n. , v. , muted, muting …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MUTE — I. ˈmyüt adjective ( mut·er ; mut·est ) Etymology: Middle English muet, mut, from Anglo-French, from mu, mute, from Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MUTE — noun the dung of birds. 2. mute ·adj incapable of speaking; dumb. 3. mute ·adj not speaking; uttering no sound; …
Webster English vocab
MUTE — [mute] adj mut.er ; mut.est [alter. of ME muet, fr. MF, fr. OF mu, fr. L mutus, prob. fr. mu, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MUTE — mute BrE AmE mjuːt ▷ muted ˈmjuːt ɪd -əd AmE ˈmjuːt̬ əd ▷ mutely ˈmjuːt li ▷ muteness ˈmjuːt nəs …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
MUTE — / mjuːt; NAmE / adjective , noun , verb ■ adjective 1. not speaking SYN silent : a look of …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MUTE — I. mute 1 /mjuːt/ BrE AmE adjective [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: French ; Origin: muet , from Latin mutus …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MUTE — adj., n., & v. --adj. 1 silent, refraining from or temporarily bereft of speech. 2 not emitting articulate sound. 3 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MUTE — adj., n., & v. adj. 1 silent, refraining from or temporarily bereft of speech. 2 not emitting articulate sound. 3 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MUTE — adj., n., & v. --adj. 1. silent, refraining from or temporarily bereft of speech. 2 not emitting articulate sound. 3 …
Oxford English vocab
MUTE — ( mutes, muting, muted) 1. Someone who is mute is silent for a particular reason and does not speak. He …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MUTE — (~s, muting, ~d) 1. Someone who is ~ is silent for a particular reason and does not speak. He was …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
MUTE — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES deaf mute COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN swan ▪ The mute swan population stands …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MUTE — n. 25B6; adjective Yasmin remained mute : SILENT, speechless, dumb, unspeaking, tight-lipped, taciturn; informal mum; archaic mumchance. a mute appeal …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
MUTE — adj. 1 silent, dumb, speechless, voiceless, wordless, tight-lipped, taciturn, tacit, reserved, quiet, Colloq mum Though I persisted in asking his …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
MUTE — 1. прил. 1) немой She became mute after a shock. ≈ После потрясения она онемела. Syn : dumb 1. 2) …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
MUTE — mute.ogg _I 1. mju:t n 1. немой (человек) 2. театр. статист 3. лингв. немой гласный или согласный; непроизносимая буква 4. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
MUTE — mute прил.1) немой She became mute after a shock. — После потрясения она онемела. Syn:dumb 1. 2) а) безгласный, безмолвный, …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
MUTE — _I 1. mju:t n 1. немой (человек) 2. театр. статист 3. лингв. немой гласный или согласный; непроизносимая буква 4. юр. …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
MUTE — 1. прил. 1) немой She became mute after a shock. — После потрясения она онемела. Syn: dumb 1. 2) а) …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
MUTE — 1. прил. 1) немой She became mute after a shock. — После потрясения она онемела. Syn: dumb 1. 2) а) безгласный, безмолвный, молчаливый, не высказанный вслух a …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
MUTE — 1. _a. 1> немой 2> безмолвный, молчаливый, безгласный; mute as a fish - нем как рыба; to stand mute of …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
MUTE — 1. a. 1. немой 2. безмолвный, молчаливый, безгласный; mute as a fish - нем как рыба; to stand mute of …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
MUTE — 1. _a. 1> немой 2> безмолвный, молчаливый, безгласный; mute as a fish нем как рыба; to stand mute of malice …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
MUTE — 1. прил. 1) немой She became mute after a shock. ≈ После потрясения она онемела. Syn : dumb 1. 2) …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
MUTE — mut (-o); (for instrument) surdine
English interlingue dictionary
MUTE — hilumon
English-Visayan vocabulary
MUTE — I. adjective (~r; ~st) Etymology: Middle English muet, mut, from Anglo-French, from mu, ~, from Latin mutus, probably from mu, …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
MUTE — (n.) One who does not speak, whether from physical inability, unwillingness, or other cause.
Английский словарь Webster
MUTE — (a.) Not giving a ringing sound when struck; -- said of a metal.
Английский словарь Webster
MUTE — (a.) Incapable of speaking; dumb.
Английский словарь Webster
MUTE — (a.) Not speaking; uttering no sound; silent.
Английский словарь Webster
MUTE — (n.) The dung of birds.
Английский словарь Webster
MUTE — (v. t. & i.) To eject the contents of the bowels; -- said of birds.
Английский словарь Webster
MUTE — (v. t.) To cast off; to molt.
Английский словарь Webster
MUTE — ( v. t. ) To cast off; to molt.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MUTE — ( v. t. & i. ) To eject the contents of the bowels; -- said of birds.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MUTE — ( n. ) The dung of birds.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MUTE — ( n. ) One who does not speak, whether from physical inability, unwillingness, or other cause.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MUTE — ( n. ) Among the Turks, an officer or attendant who is selected for his place because he can not …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MUTE — ( n. ) A person whose part in a play does not require him to speak.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MUTE — ( n. ) A person employed by undertakers at a funeral.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MUTE — ( n. ) A little utensil made of brass, ivory, or other material, so formed that it can be fixed …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MUTE — ( n. ) A letter which represents no sound; a silent letter; also, a close articulation; an element of speech …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MUTE — ( a. ) Not speaking; uttering no sound; silent.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MUTE — ( a. ) Not giving a ringing sound when struck; -- said of a metal.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MUTE — ( a. ) Incapable of speaking; dumb.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MUTE — adj. silent, not making a sound; having no sound, noiseless; unable to speak; unspoken, not expressed in words; not pronounced …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
MUTE — v. make quieter, reduce the loudness of; make less bright, reduce the intensity of
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
MUTE — n. one who cannot speak, person who does not utter any noise, dumb; device which temporarily silences the sound on …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
MUTE — n. Function: intransitive verb Inflected Form: mut · ed ; mut · ing Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French *meutir , …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
MUTE — n. Function: transitive verb Inflected Form: mut · ed ; mut · ing Date: 1883 1 : to muffle, reduce, …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
MUTE — n. Pronunciation: ' myüt Function: adjective Inflected Form: mut · er ; mut · est Etymology: Middle English muet, mut, …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
MUTE — [ mju:t ] ■ adjective 1》 (of a person) refraining from speech or temporarily speechless. ↘lacking the faculty of speech. …
Concise Oxford English vocab
MUTE — [verb] [T]If you mute a noise, you do something to make it less loud.Double glazing muted the noise of the …
Cambridge English vocab
MUTE — Synonyms and related words : abiotic, acoustic tile, allophone, alveolar, anaudic, antiknock, aphasic, aphonic, apico-alveolar, apico-dental, articulation, aspiration, assimilation, azoic, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
MUTE — short for mutant Example: hey, remember that time when alan spilt all those drinks on himself? what a mute!
Slang English vocab
MUTE — An undertaker's servant, who stands at the door of a person lying in state: so named from being supposed mute …
Slang English vocab

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary

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