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muffled

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muf·fle 1  (mfl)
tr.v. muf·fled, muf·fling, muf·fles
1. To wrap up, as in a blanket or shawl, for warmth, protection, or secrecy.
2.
a. To wrap or pad in order to deaden the sound: muffled the drums.
b. To deaden (a sound): The sand muffled the hoofbeats.
3. To make vague or obscure: "His message was so muffled by learning and 'artiness'" (Walter Blair).
4. To repress; stifle.
n.
1. Something that muffles.
2. A kiln or part of a kiln in which pottery can be fired without being exposed to direct flame.

[Middle English muflen, possibly from Old French mofler, to stuff, from mofle, glove; see muff2.]

muf·fle 2  (mfl)
n.
The fleshy, hairless snout of certain mammals, such as ruminants.

[French mufle, perhaps blend of moufle, chubby face (from Old French; see muff2) and museau, muzzle (from Old French musel; see muzzle).]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.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"
soft - (of sound) relatively low in volume; "soft voices"; "soft music"
2.muffled - wrapped up especially for protection or secrecy; "children muffled almost to the eyebrows"
covered - overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form; "women with covered faces"; "covered wagons"; "a covered balcony"

muffled
adjective indistinct, suppressed, subdued, dull, faint, dim, muted, strangled, stifled She heard a muffled cough behind her.
Translations
muffled [ˈmʌfld] ADJ
1. (= deadened) [sound, shot, cry, sob] → sordo, apagado; [voice] → apagado
2. (= warmly wrapped) → envuelto, abrigado
children muffled up in scarves and woolly hatsniños envueltos or abrigados con bufandas y gorros de lana
3. (= covered) [oars, drum, hooves] → enfundado(para amortiguar el ruido)
muffled
adj sound, voice etcgedämpft; shoutserstickt; drum, bells, oarsumwickelt; a muffled conversationeine Unterhaltung in gedämpftem Ton
muffled [ˈmʌfld] adj (sound) → attutito/a, smorzato/a


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It seemed A muffled march of soldiers hurriedly Sped to the night attack with muffled mouths, When no command is heard, only the tramp Of men and horses onward.
She understood French imperfectly unless directly addressed, and the voices were only part of the other drowsy, muffled sounds lulling her senses.
And the people - ah, the people - They that dwell up in the steeple, All alone, And who, tolling, tolling, tolling, In that muffled monotone, Feel a glory in so rolling On the human heart a stone - They are neither man nor woman - They are neither brute nor human - They are Ghouls: - And their king it is who tolls: - And he rolls, rolls, rolls, rolls, Rolls
 
 
 
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