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1. Turn off sound output, or make much quieter; switch off signal from a microphone
   "please mute during the meeting unless you are speaking"
    
2. Deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
   - muffle, dull, damp, dampen, tone down

1. Expressed without speech
   "a mute appeal";
   - tongueless, unspoken, wordless, silent
    
2. Unable to speak because of hereditary deafness
   - dumb, silent

1. A deaf person who is unable to speak
   - deaf-mute, deaf-and-dumb person
    
2. A device used to soften the tone of a musical instrument

Derived forms: muted, muter, mutes, muting, mutest

See also: inarticulate, unarticulate

Type of: acoustic device, deaf person, soften

Antonym: unmute

Encyclopedia: Mute