muffle
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /mʌfl̩/
muffle (plural muffles)
- Anything that mutes or deadens sound.
- A warm piece of clothing for the hands.
- (slang, archaic) A boxing glove.
- A kiln or furnace, often electric, with no direct flames (a muffle furnace)
- The bare end of the nose between the nostrils, especially in ruminants.
- A machine with two pulleys to hoist load by spinning wheels, polyspast, block and tackle.
- Russian: глуши́тель
- Russian: рукави́ца
- Spanish: mufla
muffle (muffles, present participle muffling; past and past participle muffled)
- (transitive) To wrap (a person, face etc.) in fabric or another covering, for warmth or protection; often with up.
- 1713, Joseph Addison, Cato, published 1712, [Act 4, scene 3]:
- The face lies muffled up within the garment.
- He muffled with a cloud his mournful eyes.
- muffled up in darkness and superstition
- (transitive) To wrap up or cover (a source of noise) in order to deaden the sound.
- to muffle the strings of a drum, or that part of an oar which rests in the rowlock
- (transitive) To mute or deaden (a sound etc.).
- 1999, George RR Martin, A Clash of Kings, Bantam 2011, p. 397:
- The singer's voice was muffled by the thick walls, yet Tyrion knew the verse.
- 1999, George RR Martin, A Clash of Kings, Bantam 2011, p. 397:
- (intransitive, dated) To speak indistinctly, or without clear articulation.
- (transitive, dated) To prevent seeing, or hearing, or speaking, by wraps bound about the head; to blindfold; to deafen.
- French: couvrir, emmitoufler
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