muted adj

1 in a softened tone; "hushed voices"; "muted trumpets"; "a subdued whisper"; "a quiet reprimand" [syn: hushed, subdued, quiet]

2 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" [syn: dull, muffled, softened]

English

Verb

muted

1. past of mute

Mute may refer to:

• Muteness, a speech disorder in which a person lacks the power of articulate speech
• Mute, a silent letter in phonology
• Mute (music), a device used to alter the tone of a musical instrument
• Mute Records, a record label in the United Kingdom
• MUTE, a peer-to-peer file-sharing network
• Mute Magazine, a United Kingdom arts magazine
• Mute (album), a 2000 compilation album from Hush Records featuring several indie rock acts
• Mute (The Twilight Zone), an episode of The Twilight Zone

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