ENGLISH: mute - CREOLE: bèbè



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 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)



1. muffle, mute, dull, damp, dampen, tone down -- (deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping)



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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