mute: Meaning and Definition of

mute

1. silent; refraining from speech or utterance.
2. not emitting or having sound of any kind.
3. incapable of speech; dumb.
4. (of letters) silent; not pronounced.
5. (of a person who has been arraigned) making no plea or giving an irrelevant response when arraigned, or refusing to stand trial (used chiefly in the phrase to stand mute).
6. (of a hound) hunting a line without giving tongue or cry.

1. a person incapable of speech.
2. an actor whose part is confined to dumb show.
3. a person who stands mute when arraigned.
4. Also calleda mechanical device of various shapes and materials for muffling the tone of a musical instrument.
5. a stop.
6. a hired mourner at a funeral; a professional mourner.

1. to deaden or muffle the sound of.
2. to reduce the intensity of (a color) by the addition of another color.