muffle

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To mute or deaden a sound, making it harder to hear
Anything that mutes or deadens sound
A kiln or furnace, often electric, with no direct flames
To wrap up for warmth, protection or security
A warm piece of clothing for the hands
to deaden the sound of, as by wraps
a kiln with an inner chamber for firing things at a low temperature deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
The bare end of the nose between the nostrils; used esp
{f} silence or lessen a sound; cover, wrap; cover oneself, wrap oneself
{i} furnace, kiln (Art); cover, covering; something that muffles
to make less loud or less clear
of ruminants
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
a kiln with an inner chamber for firing things at a low temperature
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
To reduce the sound produced by a drum, by placing a cloth over the drumhead
To prevent seeing, or hearing, or speaking, by wraps bound about the head; to blindfold; to deafen
Large refractory pot set inside the firing chamber forming an inner chamber to contain the pipes firing free from direct contact with the flame
To speak indistinctly, or without clear articulation
Anything with which another thing, as an oar or drum, is muffled; also, a boxing glove; a muff
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
If something muffles a sound, it makes it quieter and more difficult to hear. Blake held his handkerchief over the mouthpiece to muffle his voice She heard a muffled cough behind her
A fire-clay box in which glass (or porcelain) objects are enclosed, when placed in the muffle kiln, to protect them from the flames and smoke while being subjected to low-temperature firing, especially in the process of firing enamels and gilding at temperatures of 5900-700C
A pulley block containing several sheaves
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
deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn"
{v} to wrap up, blindfold, hide, flutter
{n} a small earthen oven or vessel
muffled
Simple past tense and past participle of muffle
muffled
wrapped up especially for protection or secrecy; "children muffled almost to the eyebrows"
muffled
If you are muffled, you are wearing a lot of heavy clothes so that very little of your body or face is visible. children muffled in scarves and woolly hats. muffled sounds cannot be heard clearly, for example because they come from behind a door or wall
muffled
{s} (of sound) silenced, diminished by the presence of insulating material; wrapped in a cloak, covered
muffled
being or made softer or less loud or clear; "the dull boom of distant breaking waves"; "muffled drums"; "the muffled noises of the street"; "muted trumpets"
muffled
wrapped up especially for protection or secrecy; "children muffled almost to the eyebrows
muffled
past of muffle
muffles
plural of muffle
muffles
third-person singular of muffle
muffling
present participle of muffle
muffle

    Silbentrennung

    muf·fle

    Türkische aussprache

    mʌfıl

    Antonyme

    blab, let loose, tell

    Aussprache

    /ˈməfəl/ /ˈmʌfəl/

    Etymologie

    [ 'm&-f&l ] (transitive verb.) 15th century. Middle English muflen "to muffle", aphetic alteration of Anglo-Norman amoufler from Old French enmoufler (“to wrap up, muffle”) from moufle (“mitten”) from Medieval Latin muffula (“a muff”), of Germanic origin (—first recorded in the Capitulary of Aachen in 817 CE), from Frankish *muffël "a muff, wrap, envelope" from *muff- "sleeve, wrap" (from Proto-Germanic *mauvō (“sleeve”)) + *vël "skin, hide" (from Proto-Germanic *fillan (“skin, film, fleece”) from Proto-Indo-European *pel(e)(w)-, *plē(w)- (“skin, hide”)). Akin to Middle High German mouwe, mōwe (“sleeve”) (German Muff "muff", Dutch mouw "sleeve"). Alternate etymology traces the Medieval Latin word to Frankish *molfell (“soft garment made of hide”) from *mol (“softened, forworn”) (akin to Old High German molawēn "to soften", Middle High German molwic "soft") + *fell (“hide, skin”). Akin to Old High German fel (“fell, skin, hide”), Old English fell (“fell, skin, hide”). More at mulch, fell, camouflage.
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