A Quick and Simple Dictionary

mute

1. Adjective.  Not having the power of speech; dumb. (defdate, from 15th c.) .
2. Adjective.  Silent; not making a sound. (defdate, from 15th c.) .
3. Noun.  (context, phonetics) A stopped consonant; a stop. (defdate, from 16th c.) .
4. Noun.  (context, obsolete) An actor who does not speak; a mime performer. (defdate, 16th-19th c.) .
5. Noun.  A person who does not have the power of speech. (defdate, from 17th c.) .
6. Noun.  A hired mourner at a funeral; an undertaker's assistant. (defdate, from 18th c.) .
7. Noun.  (music) An object for dulling the sound of an instrument, especially a brass instrument, or damper for pianoforte; a sordine. (defdate, from 18th c.) .
8. Verb.  (transitive) To silence, to make quiet.
9. Verb.  (transitive) To turn off the sound of.
10. Verb.  (context, now) Of a bird: to defecate. (defdate, from 15th c.) .
11. Noun.  The faeces of a hawk or falcon.