muffle (redirected from muffles)

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.

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

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muffle

Verb

[-fling, -fled]

1. to deaden (a sound or noise), esp. by wrapping the source of it in something: the sound was muffled by the double glazing

2. to wrap up in a scarf or coat for warmth

3. to censor or restrict: an attempt to muffle criticism [probably Old French moufle mitten]

muffled adj

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	muffle - a kiln with an inner chamber for firing things at a low temperature kiln - a furnace for firing or burning or drying such things as porcelain or bricks
Verb	1.	muffle - conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn" stifle, strangle, repress, smother conquer, inhibit, stamp down, suppress, subdue, curb - to put down by force or authority; "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires"
	2.	muffle - deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping damp, mute, tone down, dampen, dull soften - make (images or sounds) soft or softer

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muffle

verb 1. deaden, suppress, gag, stifle, silence, dull, soften, hush, muzzle, quieten

verb 2. (often with up) wrap up, cover, disguise, conceal, cloak, shroud, swathe, envelop, swaddle

Translations

muffle [ˈmʌfl] vt [+ sound] → amortiguar;

(against cold) → abrigar

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muffle [ˈmʌfl] vt [+ sound] → assourdir, étouffer;

(against cold) → emmitoufler

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muffle [ˈmʌfl] vt (sound) → dämpfen;

(against cold) → einmummeln

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muffle [ˈmʌfl] vt [+ sound] → smorzare, attutire;

(against cold) → imbacuccare