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mute |
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb mute Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb mute Entailment of verb mute Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb mute 2 senses of mute Sense 1 muffle, mute, dull, damp, dampen, tone down => soften Sense 2 dampen, muffle, mute, deaden, damp, tone down => hush, quieten, silence, still shut up hush up Familiarity of verb mute mute used as a verb is rare (polysemy count = 2) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb mute Sense 1 muffle, mute, dull, damp, dampen, tone down => soften -------------- Sense 2 dampen, muffle, mute, deaden, damp, tone down => hush, quieten, silence, still shut up hush up -------------- Grep of noun mute alaskan malamute deaf-mute malamute malemute mute mute swan muteness Overview of noun mute The noun mute has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. mute, deaf-mute, deaf-and-dumb person -- (a deaf person who is unable to speak) 2. mute -- (a device used to soften the tone of a musical instrument) Overview of verb mute The verb mute has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. muffle, mute, dull, damp, dampen, tone down -- (deaden (a sound or noise), esp. by wrapping) 2. dampen, muffle, mute, deaden, damp, tone down -- (quieten or silence (a sound) or make (an image) less visible) Overview of adj mute The adj mute has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (3) mute, tongueless, unspoken, wordless -- (expressed without speech; especially because words would be inappropriate or inadequate; "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) 2. mute, tongueless -- (lacking power of speech) 3. dumb, mute, silent -- (unable to speak because of hereditary deafness) Antonyms of adj mute 3 senses of mute Sense 1 mute, tongueless, unspoken, wordless INDIRECT (VIA inarticulate) -> articulate Sense 2 mute, tongueless INDIRECT (VIA nonspeaking) -> speaking Sense 3 dumb, mute, silent INDIRECT (VIA inarticulate) -> articulate Similarity of adj mute 3 senses of mute Sense 1 mute, tongueless, unspoken, wordless => inarticulate (vs. articulate), unarticulate Sense 2 mute, tongueless => nonspeaking (vs. speaking), walk-on Sense 3 dumb, mute, silent => inarticulate (vs. articulate), unarticulate Attributes of adj mute Familiarity of adj mute mute used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 3) Grep of adj mute deaf-mute mute muted Overview of noun mute The noun mute has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. mute, deaf-mute, deaf-and-dumb person -- (a deaf person who is unable to speak) 2. mute -- (a device used to soften the tone of a musical instrument) Overview of verb mute The verb mute has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. muffle, mute, dull, damp, dampen, tone down -- (deaden (a sound or noise), esp. by wrapping) 2. dampen, muffle, mute, deaden, damp, tone down -- (quieten or silence (a sound) or make (an image) less visible) Overview of adj mute The adj mute has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (3) mute, tongueless, unspoken, wordless -- (expressed without speech; especially because words would be inappropriate or inadequate; "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) 2. mute, tongueless -- (lacking power of speech) 3. dumb, mute, silent -- (unable to speak because of hereditary deafness)
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