mutes

/M Y UW1 T S/
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.

    โ€œPlease mute the music while I make a call.โ€

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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