Definition of muffle Muffle

/mʌˈfʌl/ - [muful] - muf•fle

We found 21 definitions of muffle from 5 different sources.

What does muffle mean?

Noun Plural: muffles
muffle - a kiln with an inner chamber for firing things at a low temperature
Verb muffles, muffling, muffled
muffle - deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
		mute, dull, damp, dampen, tone down
		soften become soft or softer; "The bread will soften if you pour some liquid on it"
muffle - conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn"
		smother, stifle, strangle, repress
		stamp down, conquer, curb, inhibit, suppress, subdue overcome by conquest; "conquer your fears"; "conquer a country"

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muffle (Noun)
Anything that mutes or deadens sound.
muffle (Noun)
A warm piece of clothing for the hands.
muffle (Noun)
A kiln or furnace, often electric, with no direct flames.
muffle (Noun)
The bare end of the nose between the nostrils, especially in ruminants.
muffle (Verb)
To wrap up or cover a source of noise in order to deaden the sound.
muffle (Verb)
To mute or deaden a sound etc..
muffle (Verb)
To speak indistinctly, or without clear articulation.

muffle (n.)
The bare end of the nose between the nostrils; -- used esp. of ruminants.
muffle (v. t.)
To wrap up in something that conceals or protects; to wrap, as the face and neck, in thick and disguising folds; hence, to conceal or cover the face of; to envelop; to inclose; -- often with up.
muffle (v. t.)
To prevent seeing, or hearing, or speaking, by wraps bound about the head; to blindfold; to deafen.
muffle (v. t.)
To wrap with something that dulls or deadens the sound of; as, to muffle the strings of a drum, or that part of an oar which rests in the rowlock.
muffle (v. i.)
To speak indistinctly, or without clear articulation.
muffle (v. t.)
Anything with which another thing, as an oar or drum, is muffled; also, a boxing glove; a muff.
muffle (v. t.)
An earthenware compartment or oven, often shaped like a half cylinder, used in furnaces to protect objects heated from the direct action of the fire, as in scorification of ores, cupellation of ore buttons, etc.
muffle (v. t.)
A small oven for baking and fixing the colors of painted or printed pottery, without exposing the pottery to the flames of the furnace or kiln.
muffle (v. t.)
A pulley block containing several sheaves.

muffle
To wrap with something that dulls or renders sound inaudible; to deaden the sound of; as, to muffle a drum.

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muffle in sign language