mute

mute (http://definr.com/mute)

     adj 1: expressed without speech; especially because words would be
            inappropriate or inadequate; "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: tongueless, unspoken, wordless]
     2: lacking power of speech [syn: tongueless]
     3: unable to speak because of hereditary deafness [syn: dumb,
         silent]
     n 1: a deaf person who is unable to speak [syn: 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), esp. by wrapping [syn: muffle,
          dull, damp, dampen, tone down]
     2: quieten or silence (a sound) or make (an image) less visible
        [syn: dampen, muffle, deaden, damp, tone down]