refraining from speech or temporarily speechless
Harry sat mute, his cheeks burning resentfully
(of a letter) not pronounced
mute e is generally dropped before suffixes beginning with a vowel
a device on a television, telephone, or other appliance that temporarily turns off the sound
a clamp placed over the bridge of a stringed instrument to deaden the resonance without affecting the vibration of the strings
a person lacking the faculty of speech
turn off (a microphone or the audio on an electronic device), especially temporarily
this mode will mute the ringtone and message notification sounds
remember to mute other gadgets such as phones, watches, and computers that could distract by their alerts
a pack of hounds
the abbot had a mute of hounds