Mute - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- a device used to soften the tone of a musical instrument
verb
adjective
Extra examples
They hugged each other in mute sympathy.
I could see a mute plea for help in his eyes.
...I was practicing my trumpet at three in the morning when the mute fell out, and I managed to wake everyone up....
She became mute after a shock.
He touched her hand in mute sympathy.
He was mute, distant, and indifferent.
The prisoner stands mute.
Billy continued to stand there, mute and defiant.
Excess noise can be reduced by muting alarms and telephones.
The incident so shocked all the students that it muted further protest.
...the motif of mute figures standing in lonely isolation is a recurrent one in the artist's works...
...the painter is fond of depicting mute, slightly mysterious figures in arcadian settings...
The whole audience instead of being mute became vociferous.
Word forms
I/you/we/they: mute
he/she/it: mutes
present participle: muting
past tense: muted
past participle: muted
singular: mute
plural: mutes
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