muffle

Plural: muffles

Noun

• a kiln with an inner chamber for firing things at a low temperature
• Anything that mutes or deadens sound.
• A warm piece of clothing for the hands.
• 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.

Verb

Verb Forms: muffled, muffling, muffles

• To wrap or cover for warmth or to deaden sound.
• conceal or hide
  • "muffle one's anger"
• deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
• To wrap (a person, face etc.) in fabric or another covering, for warmth or protection; often with up.
• To wrap up or cover (a source of noise) in order to deaden the sound.
• To mute or deaden (a sound etc.).
• To speak indistinctly, or without clear articulation.
• To prevent seeing, or hearing, or speaking, by wraps bound about the head; to blindfold; to deafen.

Examples

• He tried to muffle his excitement when he saw the perfect bingo on his Scrabble rack.
• to muffle the strings of a drum, or that part of an oar which rests in the rowlock

Synonyms

damp, dampen, dull, mute, repress, smother, stifle, strangle, tone down

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