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Muffle

Muffle Meaning & Definition
Muffle Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Muffle?

[n] a kiln with an inner chamber for firing things at a low temperature
[v] conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn"
[v] deaden (a sound or noise), esp. by wrapping

Synonyms | Synonyms for Muffle: damp | dampen | dull | mute | repress | smother | stifle | strangle | tone down

Related Terms | Find terms related to Muffle: acoustic tile | antiknock | antlia | apply to | baffle | baffler | beak | beezer | bill | black out | blanket | block | bugle | bundle up | canopy | censor | choke | choke off | cloak | clothe | cloud | conceal | conk | cope | cover | cover up | cowl | curtain | cushion | damp | dampen | dampener | damper | deaden | deafen | dull | dumbfound | eclipse | enfold | enshroud | envelop | film | gag | hap | hood | hugger-mugger | hush | hush up | hushcloth | hush-hush | kill | lay on | lay over | mantle | mask | mellow | muffle up | muffler | mute | muzzle | nares | neb | nib | nose | nostrils | nozzle | obduce | obscure | occult | olfactory organ | overlay | overspread | pecker | proboscis | protect | put on | put to silence | quash | quiet | quieten | quietener | repress | rhinarium | rostrum | schnozzle | screen | scum | shield | shroud | shush | shut down on | silence | silence cloth | silencer | sit on | smeller | smother | snoot | snout | soft pedal | soften | soft-pedal | sordine | sordino | sound-absorbing material | soundproofing | soundproofing insulation | sourdine | spread over | squash | squelch | stifle | still | stop | strangle | strike dumb | subdue | superimpose | superpose | suppress | swaddle | swathe | throttle | tone down | trunk | veil | wrap | wrap up

See Also | conquer | curb | inhibit | kiln | soften | stamp down | subdue | suppress

Muffle In Webster's Dictionary

\Muf"fle\ (m[u^]f"f'l), n. The bare end of the nose between the nostrils; -- used esp. of ruminants.
\Muf"fle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Muffled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Muffling}.] [Cf. F. moufle a mitten, LL. muffula, OD. moffel a muff. See {Muff}.] 1. To wrap up in something that conceals or protects; to wrap, as the face and neck, in thick and disguising folds; hence, to conceal or cover the face of; to envelop; to inclose; -- often with up. --South. The face lies muffled up within the garment. --Addison. He muffled with a cloud his mournful eyes. --Dryden. Muffled up in darkness and superstition. --Arbuthnot. 2. To prevent seeing, or hearing, or speaking, by wraps bound about the head; to blindfold; to deafen. 3. To wrap with something that dulls or deadens the sound of; as, to muffle the strings of a drum, or that part of an oar which rests in the rowlock.
\Muf"fle\, v. i. [Cf. F. maffle, mumble, D. moffelen.] To speak indistinctly, or without clear articulation.
\Muf"fle\, n. [F. moufle, prop., a mitten, from the resemblance in shape. See {Muffle}, v. t., {Muff}.] 1. Anything with which another thing, as an oar or drum, is muffled; also, a boxing glove; a muff. 2. (Metal.) An earthenware compartment or oven, often shaped like a half cylinder, used in furnaces to protect objects heated from the direct action of the fire, as in scorification of ores, cupellation of ore buttons, etc. 3. (Ceramics) A small oven for baking and fixing the colors of painted or printed pottery, without exposing the pottery to the flames of the furnace or kiln. 4. A pulley block containing several sheaves. --Knight.

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