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Muffling
To wrap (a person, face etc.) in fabric or another covering, for warmth or protection; often with up.
📖 Definitions of "Muffling"
- 1
To wrap (a person, face etc.) in fabric or another covering, for warmth or protection; often with up.
- 2
To wrap up or cover (a source of noise) in order to deaden the sound.
"to muffle the strings of a drum, or that part of an oar which rests in the rowlock"
- 3
To mute or deaden (a sound etc.).
- 4
To speak indistinctly, or without clear articulation.
- 1
(chiefly in the plural) That which muffles; heavy clothing.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Muffling"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| deadenverb | (transitive) To render less lively; to diminish; to muffle. |
| tone downverb | (ambitransitive) To relax; to make quieter or less obtrusive; to make milder. |
| dullverb | Boring; not exciting or interesting. |
| mutenoun | Not having the power of speech; dumb. |
| stifleverb | (transitive, also figuratively) To make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) to die by preventing breathing; to smother, to suffocate. |
| smotherverb | (transitive) To suffocate; stifle; obstruct, more or less completely, the respiration of something or someone. |
| dampenverb | (transitive) To make damp or moist; to make moderately wet. |
| dampverb | In a state between dry and wet; moderately wet; moist. |
| muzzlernoun | One who or that which muzzles. |
| muzzlingnoun | The act of placing a muzzle on an animal. |
| muternoun | Something that mutes sound. |
| muffnoun | (vulgar slang) The vulva or vagina; pubic hair around it. |
| moufflenoun | (Canada) The loose covering around the nose and upper lips of the moose or elk. Prized for stewing or roasting. |
| muffeteenoun | (UK, dialect) A small muff worn over the wrist. |
| mufflernoun | (US, automotive) A part of the exhaust pipe of a car that dampens the noise the engine produces. |
| mussitationnoun | (medicine) A comatose patient's action of forming words with their lips without producing sound. |
| mummerynoun | (figuratively) A ridiculous or ostentatious ceremony, formerly especially of a religious nature; extravagant or hypocritical performance. |
| mullnoun | (uncountable) Marijuana that has been chopped to prepare it for smoking. |
| muffetteenoun | Alternative form of muffetee. [(UK, dialect) A small muff worn over the wrist.] |
| moucadenoun | Alternative form of moquette. [A kind of fabric with a thick pile used for carpeting or to upholster seating, etc.] |
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