Mute (Verb)
Meaning
Deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping.
Classification
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling.
Examples
- They wrapped the drum in blankets to mute the sound during the rehearsal.
- The builders installed soundproof material to mute the noise from the construction site.
- To mute the ringing of the church bells they were wrapped in mufflers during the service.
- The acoustics expert used panels to mute the echo in the newly built auditorium.
- The neighbor asked the homeowner to wrap insulation around their air conditioning unit to mute its humming noise.