mute
adj 1: expressed without speech; especially because words would be
inappropriate or inadequate; "a mute appeal"; "a
silent curse"; "best grief is tongueless"- Emily
Dickinson; "the words stopped at her lips unsounded";
"unspoken grief"; "choking exasperation and wordless
shame"- Thomas Wolfe [syn: {tongueless}, {unspoken}, {wordless}]
2: lacking power of speech [syn: {tongueless}]
3: unable to speak because of hereditary deafness [syn: {dumb},
{silent}]
n 1: a deaf person who is unable to speak [syn: {deaf-mute}, {deaf-and-dumb
person}]
2: a device used to soften the tone of a musical instrument
v 1: deaden (a sound or noise), esp. by wrapping [syn: {muffle},
{dull}, {damp}, {dampen}, {tone down}]
2: quieten or silence (a sound) or make (an image) less visible
[syn: {dampen}, {muffle}, {deaden}, {damp}, {tone down}]