Meaning

• A stopped consonant; a stop.

• An actor who does not speak; a mime performer.

• A person who does not have the power of speech.

• A hired mourner at a funeral; an undertaker's assistant.

• An object for dulling the sound of an instrument, especially a brass instrument, or damper for pianoforte; a sordine.

• An electronic switch or control that mutes the sound.

• A mute swan.

Meaning

• To silence, to make quiet.

• To turn off the sound of.

  "Please mute the music while I make a call."

Meaning

• Not having the power of speech; dumb.

• Silent; not making a sound.

• Not uttered; unpronounced; silent; also, produced by complete closure of the mouth organs which interrupt the passage of breath; said of certain letters.

• Not giving a ringing sound when struck; said of a metal.