From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
mute
adj 1: expressed without speech; "a mute appeal"; "a silent
curse"; "best grief is tongueless"- Emily Dickinson; "the
words stopped at her lips unsounded"; "unspoken grief";
"choking exasperation and wordless shame"- Thomas Wolfe
[syn: mute, tongueless, unspoken, wordless]
2: unable to speak because of hereditary deafness [syn: dumb,
mute, silent]
n 1: a deaf person who is unable to speak [syn: mute, deaf-
mute, deaf-and-dumb person]
2: a device used to soften the tone of a musical instrument
v 1: deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping [syn:
muffle, mute, dull, damp, dampen, tone down]