Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Wrapped up closely, especially about the face; concealed from view; also, blinded by or as by something wrapped about the face and covering the eyes.
- Dulled or deadened: applied to a sounding body or to the sound produced by it.
- Having feathered feet, such as are found in many breeds of domesticated pigeons: thus a black, self-muffled tumbler is a tumbler of uniform black color with the feet and lower part of the tarsus feathered.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective same as
muted . - adjective Wrapped up especially for protection or secrecy.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
muffle .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective wrapped up especially for protection or secrecy
- adjective being or made softer or less loud or clear
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Examples
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“Chicken,” she said at last, the word muffled by the food in her cheek.
Guild Wars: Ghosts of Ascalon Matt Forbeck 2010
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“Chicken,” she said at last, the word muffled by the food in her cheek.
Guild Wars: Ghosts of Ascalon Matt Forbeck 2010
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“Chicken,” she said at last, the word muffled by the food in her cheek.
Guild Wars: Ghosts of Ascalon Matt Forbeck 2010
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“Chicken,” she said at last, the word muffled by the food in her cheek.
Guild Wars: Ghosts of Ascalon Matt Forbeck 2010
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Down 10-3 at the half, Wisconsin muffled a crowd of 105,449 by scoring on its first two possessions of the third quarter.
USATODAY.com - College Football - Wisconsin vs. Ohio St. 2006
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If there's the slightest hint of characters fighting on bravely no matter what the odds, I break down in muffled sobs.
Sorry, London perich 2005
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'Frisco Kid took up the tale at once, speaking in muffled undertone close to the other's ear.
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Then again, it could be my name muffled by the cats laying on top of it.
Athletics Nation 2010
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Beyond the wall to his right he heard what he could only identify as a muffled explosion.
In the Name of Honor Dayton Ward 2002
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Beyond the wall to his right he heard what he could only identify as a muffled explosion.
In the Name of Honor Dayton Ward 2002
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