Definitions
1.nounA stopped consonant; a stop.
2.nounAn actor who does not speak; a mime performer.
3.nounA person who does not have the power of speech.
4.nounA hired mourner at a funeral; an undertaker's assistant.
5.nounAn object for dulling the sound of an instrument, especially a brass instrument, or damper for pianoforte; a sordine.
6.nounAn electronic switch or control that mutes the sound.
7.nounA mute swan.
8.verbTo silence, to make quiet.
9.verbTo turn off the sound of."Please mute the music while I make a call."
10.nounThe faeces of a hawk or falcon.
11.verbOf a bird: to defecate.
12.verbTo cast off; to moult.