mute

/mjuːt/

noun

  1. 1

    A stopped consonant; a stop.

  2. 2

    An actor who does not speak; a mime performer.

  3. 3

    A person who does not have the power of speech.

  4. 4

    A hired mourner at a funeral; an undertaker's assistant.

  5. 5

    An object for dulling the sound of an instrument, especially a brass instrument, or damper for pianoforte; a sordine.

  6. 6

    An electronic switch or control that mutes the sound.

  7. 7

    A mute swan.

verb

  1. 1

    To silence, to make quiet.

  2. 2

    To turn off the sound of.

    Please mute the music while I make a call.

adjective

  1. 1

    Not having the power of speech; dumb.

  2. 2

    Silent; not making a sound.

  3. 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. 4

    Not giving a ringing sound when struck; said of a metal.

noun

  1. 1

    The faeces of a hawk or falcon.

verb

  1. 1

    Of a bird: to defecate.

verb

  1. 1

    To cast off; to moult.

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