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mute in WordNet English dictionary

verb
  1. deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
    muffle  mute  dull  damp  dampen  tone down 
noun
  1. a deaf person who is unable to speak
    mute  deaf-mute  deaf-and-dumb person 
  2. a device used to soften the tone of a musical instrument
    mute 
adjective
  1. unable to speak because of hereditary deafness
    dumb  mute  silent 
  2. expressed without speech
    "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
    mute  tongueless  unspoken  wordless 
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