Muffle

['mʌf(ə)l] or ['mʌfl]

Definition

(noun.) a kiln with an inner chamber for firing things at a low temperature.

(verb.) deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping.

Inputed by Juana--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) The bare end of the nose between the nostrils; -- used esp. of ruminants.

(v. t.) 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.

(v. t.) To prevent seeing, or hearing, or speaking, by wraps bound about the head; to blindfold; to deafen.

(v. t.) 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.

(v. i.) To speak indistinctly, or without clear articulation.

(v. t.) Anything with which another thing, as an oar or drum, is muffled; also, a boxing glove; a muff.

(v. t.) 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.

(v. t.) 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.

(v. t.) A pulley block containing several sheaves.

Typed by Elbert

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. Wrap, cover, shroud.

Typist: Willard

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Shroud, enfold, disguise, conceal, envelop

ANT:{[Unmuole]?}, unfold, exhibit, reveal

Inputed by Harvey

Definition

n. the thick naked upper lip and nose as of a ruminant.

v.i. to mumble.

v.t. to wrap up as with a muff: to blindfold: to cover up so as to render sound dull as a bell or a drum: to cover from the weather.—n. something used for smothering sound: a boxing-glove: a clay oven as for firing pottery.—adj. Muff′led wrapped up closely: dulled or deadened—of sound.—n. Muff′ler a cover that muffles the face.

Editor: Vito