Crossword-Solution: MUTE
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Mute | v. t. | To cast off; to molt. |
| Mute | v. t. & i. | To eject the contents of the bowels; -- said of birds. |
| Mute | n. | The dung of birds. |
| Mute | a. | Not speaking; uttering no sound; silent. |
| Mute | a. | Incapable of speaking; dumb. |
| Mute | a. | Not uttered; unpronounced; silent; also, produced by complete closure of the mouth organs which interrupt the passage of breath; -- said of certain letters. See 5th Mute, 2. |
| Mute | a. | Not giving a ringing sound when struck; -- said of a metal. |
| Mute | n. | One who does not speak, whether from physical inability, unwillingness, or other cause. |
| Mute | n. | One who, from deafness, either congenital or from early life, is unable to use articulate language; a deaf-mute. |
| Mute | n. | A person employed by undertakers at a funeral. |
| Mute | n. | A person whose part in a play does not require him to speak. |
| Mute | n. | Among the Turks, an officer or attendant who is selected for his place because he can not speak. |
| Mute | n. | A letter which represents no sound; a silent letter; also, a close articulation; an element of speech formed by a position of the mouth organs which stops the passage of the breath; as, p, b, d, k, t. |
| Mute | n. | A little utensil made of brass, ivory, or other material, so formed that it can be fixed in an erect position on the bridge of a violin, or similar instrument, in order to deaden or soften the tone. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| MUTE | anagram | ETUM, TEMU |
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Sentences with MUTE (5)
Say Heav’nly Powers, where shall we find such love, Which of ye will be mortal to redeem Mans mortal crime, and just th’ unjust to save, Dwels in all Heaven charitie so deare? He ask’d, but all the Heav’nly Quire stood mute, And silence was in Heav’n: on mans behalf Patron or Intercessor none appeerd, Much less that durst upon his own head draw The deadly forfeiture, and ransom set.
Why silent? Father, speak, nor turn away, Hast thou no word, wilt thou dismiss me then In mute disdain, nor tell me why thou art wrath? O ye his daughters, sisters mine, do ye This sullen, obstinate silence try to move.
Thou Spirit, who led’st this glorious Eremite Into the desert, his victorious field Against the spiritual foe, and brought’st him thence 10 By proof the undoubted Son of God, inspire, As thou art wont, my prompted song, else mute, And bear through highth or depth of Nature’s bounds, With prosperous wing full summed, to tell of deeds Above heroic, though in secret done, And unrecorded left through many an age: Worthy to have not remained so long unsung.
But those mute and ugly things seemed to say to her that they were waiting for Percy; that soon, very soon, he would be here, that the squalid room being still empty, they would be alone together.
Their blood-streaked heads and shoulders testified to the cause of their wariness as well as to the swordsmanship of the green warrior whose glossy hide bore the same mute but eloquent witness to the ferocity of the attacks that he had so far withstood.
Quotes with MUTE (3)
Life is as dear to a mute creature as it is to man. Just as one wants happiness and fears pain, just as one wants to live and not die, so do other creatures.
Advice to friends. Advice to fellow mothers in the same boat. "How do you do it all?" Crack a joke. Make it seem easy. Make everything seem easy. Make life seem easy and parenthood and marriage and freelancing for pennies, writing a novel and smiling after a rejection, keeping the faith after two, reminding oneself that four years of work counted for a lot, counted for everything. Make the bed. Make it nice. Make the people laugh when you sit down to write and if you can't ma…
He who speaks without an attentive ear is mute.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, Custom, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, Onion, Rock & Roll, S&S, The Atlantic, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 353 times in crossword archives (1943–2025).