mute¹ /mūt/

1. Physically or psychologically unable to speak
2. Silent
3. Refusing to plead (law)
4. Without vocal utterance, unspoken
5. Unpronounced or faintly pronounced
6. Pronounced by stoppage of the breath passage, plosive (phonetics)

1. A person who is unable to speak
2. A silent person
3. A person who refuses to plead (law)
4. A hired funeral attendant
5. A servant in an oriental household who is unable to speak
6. An actor with no words to speak
7. A stop-consonant, a plosive (phonetics)
8. A clip, pad, or other device for subduing the sound of a musical instrument

1. To deaden or muffle the sound of (eg a musical instrument) with a mute
2. To silence

mutˈed adjective

(of eg sound or colour) softened, not loud, harsh or bright

muteˈly adverb

muteˈness noun

mutˈism noun

Inability or unwillingness to speak

mute button noun

A device on a telephone which when depressed allows the user to make comments inaudible to the person on the other end of the line

mute swan noun

The common swan (Cygnus olor)

mute of malice (law)

Refusing to plead

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