different between smother vs mute
smother
English
Alternative forms
- smoother (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?sm?ð?/
- Rhymes: -?ð?(r)
Etymology 1
From Middle English smothren, smortheren, alteration (due to smother, smorther (“a suffocating vapour, dense smoke”, noun)) of Middle English smoren (“to smother”), from Old English smorian (“to smother, suffocate, choke”), from Proto-Germanic *smur?n? (“to suffocate, strangle”). Cognate with Middle Low German smoren, smurten (“to choke, suffocate”), West Flemish smoren (“to smoke, reek”), Dutch smoren (“to suffocate, smother", also "to stew, simmer”), German schmoren (“to stew, simmer, braise”).
Verb
smother (third-person singular simple present smothers, present participle smothering, simple past and past participle smothered)
- (transitive) To suffocate; stifle; obstruct, more or less completely, the respiration of something or someone.
- (transitive) To extinguish or deaden, as fire, by covering, overlaying, or otherwise excluding the air.
- (transitive) To reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity; suppress or do away with; extinguish
- Synonyms: stifle, cover up, conceal, hide
- (transitive) In cookery: to cook in a close dish.
- (transitive) To daub or smear.
- (intransitive) To be suffocated.
- (intransitive) To breathe with great difficulty by reason of smoke, dust, close covering or wrapping, or the like.
- (intransitive, of a fire) to burn very slowly for want of air; smolder.
- (intransitive, figuratively) to perish, grow feeble, or decline, by suppression or concealment; be stifled; be suppressed or concealed.
- (soccer) To get in the way of a kick of the ball.
- (Australian rules football) To get in the way of a kick of the ball, preventing it going very far. When a player is kicking the ball, an opponent who is close enough will reach out with his hands and arms to get over the top of it, so the ball hits his hands after leaving the kicker's boot, dribbling away.
Related terms
- smotheration
- smotheriness
- smothery
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English smother, smorther (“a suffocating vapour, dense smoke”), from Old English smorþor (“smoke”, literally “that which suffocates”), from smorian (“to suffocate, choke”) + -þor (instrumental suffix).
Noun
smother (plural smothers)
- That which smothers or appears to smother, particularly
- Smoldering; slow combustion.
- Cookware used in such cooking. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- (dated) The state of being stifled; suppression.
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Suspicion
- not to keep their suspicions in smother
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Suspicion
- (dated) Stifling smoke; thick dust.
- 1868, Judy (volumes 3-4, page 20)
- Then we passed the Grand Opéra, at which our fine taste revolted; the Rue de la Paix, all in a smother with the dust caused by its improvement, at which our eyes naturally distilled water; […]
- 1868, Judy (volumes 3-4, page 20)
- (Australian rules football) The act of smothering a kick (see verb section).
References
- smother in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- moth-ers, mothers, thermos
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mute
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) enPR: myo?ot, IPA(key): /mju?t/
- Rhymes: -u?t
- Homophone: moot (in some dialects)
Etymology 1
From Middle English muet, from Anglo-Norman muet, moet, Middle French muet, from mu (“dumb, mute”) + -et, remodelled after Latin m?tus.
Adjective
mute (comparative muter, superlative mutest)
- Not having the power of speech; dumb. [from 15th c.]
- 1717 Ovid: Metamorphoses, translated by John Dryden et al.
- Thus, while the mute creation downward bend / Their sight, and to their earthly mother tend, / Man looks aloft; and with erected eyes / Beholds his own hereditary skies. / From such rude principles our form began; / And earth was metamorphos'd into Man.
- 1717 Ovid: Metamorphoses, translated by John Dryden et al.
- Silent; not making a sound. [from 15th c.]
- 1956, Ernst Kaiser and Eithne Wilkins (?, translators), Lion Feuchtwanger (German author), Raquel: The Jewess of Toledo (translation of Die Jüdin von Toledo),[1] Messner, page 178:
- “ […] The heathens have broken into Thy Temple, and Thou art silent! Esau mocks Thy Children, and Thou remainest mute! Show thyself, arise, and let Thy Voice resound, Thou mutest among all the mute!”
- 1956, Ernst Kaiser and Eithne Wilkins (?, translators), Lion Feuchtwanger (German author), Raquel: The Jewess of Toledo (translation of Die Jüdin von Toledo),[1] Messner, page 178:
- Not uttered; unpronounced; silent; also, produced by complete closure of the mouth organs which interrupt the passage of breath; said of certain letters.
- Not giving a ringing sound when struck; said of a metal.
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
mute (plural mutes)
- (phonetics, now historical) A stopped consonant; a stop. [from 16th c.]
- Synonyms: occlusive, plosive, stop
- (obsolete, theater) An actor who does not speak; a mime performer. [16th-19th c.]
- 1668 OF Dramatick Poesie, AN ESSAY. By JOHN DRYDEN Esq; (John Dryden)
- As for the poor honest Maid, whom all the Story is built upon, and who ought to be one of the principal Actors in the Play, she is commonly a Mute in it:
- 1668 OF Dramatick Poesie, AN ESSAY. By JOHN DRYDEN Esq; (John Dryden)
- A person who does not have the power of speech. [from 17th c.]
- A hired mourner at a funeral; an undertaker's assistant. [from 18th c.]
- The little box was eventually carried in one hand by the leading mute, while his colleague, with a finger placed on the lid, to prevent it from swaying, walked to one side and a little to the rear.
- 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia, Faber & Faber 1992 (Avignon Quintet), p. 481:
- Then followed a long silence during which the mute turned to them and said, ‘Of course you'll be wanting an urn, sir?’
- (music) An object for dulling the sound of an instrument, especially a brass instrument, or damper for pianoforte; a sordine. [from 18th c.]
- An electronic switch or control that mutes the sound.
- 2012, Tomlinson Holman, Sound for Film and Television (page 174)
- Another related primary control is called a mute, which is simply a switch that kills the signal altogether, allowing for a speedier turn-off than turning the fader all the way down rapidly. Mutes are probably more commonly used during multitrack music recording than during film mixing because in music all tracks are on practically all of the time, whereas workstations produce silence when there is no desired signal […]
- 2012, Tomlinson Holman, Sound for Film and Television (page 174)
- A mute swan.
- 1998, Bob Devine, National Geographic Society (U.S.), Alien invasion: America's battle with non-native animals and plants
- The trumpeters' fate seems likely to get tangled with that of the mute swan. Currently there's enough habitat for both species, but that may change if trumpeters flourish and mutes aren't controlled. Right now mutes are thriving.
- 1998, Bob Devine, National Geographic Society (U.S.), Alien invasion: America's battle with non-native animals and plants
Translations
Verb
mute (third-person singular simple present mutes, present participle muting, simple past and past participle muted)
- (transitive) To silence, to make quiet.
- (transitive) To turn off the sound of.
Derived terms
- muter
Translations
See also
- dumb
Etymology 2
From Middle French muetir, probably a shortened form of esmeutir, ultimately from Proto-Germanic.
Verb
mute (third-person singular simple present mutes, present participle muting, simple past and past participle muted)
- (now rare) Of a bird: to defecate. [from 15th c.]
- 1946, George Orwell, Animal Farm, Signet Classics, pages 40–41:
- All the pigeons, to the number of thirty-five, flew to and fro over the men's heads and muted upon them from mid-air;...
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Ben Jonson to this entry?)
- 1946, George Orwell, Animal Farm, Signet Classics, pages 40–41:
Noun
mute (plural mutes)
- The faeces of a hawk or falcon.
Translations
Etymology 3
From Latin mutare (“to change”).
Verb
mute (third-person singular simple present mutes, present participle muting, simple past and past participle muted)
- (transitive) To cast off; to moult.
- Have I muted all my feathers?
Esperanto
Etymology
From muta +? -e.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?mute/
- Hyphenation: mu?te
- Rhymes: -ute
- Audio:
Adverb
mute
- mutely, speechlessly
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /myt/
Verb
mute
- first/third-person singular present indicative of muter
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive of muter
- second-person singular imperative of muter
Anagrams
- émut, émût, meut, muet
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?mu.te/
- Hyphenation: mu?te
Adjective
mute
- feminine plural of muto
Noun
mute f pl
- plural of muta
Latgalian
Noun
mute f
- mouth
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?mu?.te/, [?mu?t??]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?mu.te/, [?mu?t??]
Adjective
m?te
- vocative masculine singular of m?tus
Latvian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *mnt-, *ment- (“to chew; jaw, mouth”). Cognate with Latin mentum (“chin”) and mand? (“to chew”), Ancient Greek ?????? (mástax, “jaws, mouth”) and ???????? (masáomai, “to chew”), Welsh mant (“jawbone”), Hittite [script needed] (m?ni, “chin”), Proto-Germanic *munþaz (“mouth”) (English mouth, German Mund, Dutch mond, Swedish mun, Icelandic munnur, Gothic ???????????????????? (munþs)).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mut?]
Noun
mute f (5th declension)
- (anatomy) mouth (orifice for ingesting food)
- orifice, opening, entrance
- face
- kiss
Declension
Derived terms
- mut?gs
- mutisks
Middle English
Adjective
mute
- Alternative form of muet
Murui Huitoto
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?mu.t?]
- Hyphenation: mu?te
Verb
mute
- (intransitive) to complain
References
- Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.?[3], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 129
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From Old Norse múta.
Noun
mute f (definite singular muta, indefinite plural muter, definite plural mutene)
- bribe
- secrecy
Verb
mute (present tense mutar, past tense muta, past participle muta, passive infinitive mutast, present participle mutande, imperative mut)
- (transitive) to bribe
- (transitive) to hide, conceal
Etymology 2
From German muten.
Verb
mute (present tense mutar, past tense muta, past participle muta, passive infinitive mutast, present participle mutande, imperative mut)
- (mining) to apply for a mining permit
References
- “mute” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Serbo-Croatian
Verb
mute (Cyrillic spelling ????)
- third-person plural present indicative of mutiti
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?mute]
Verb
mute
- third-person singular present subjunctive of muta
- third-person plural present subjunctive of muta
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?mute/, [?mu.t?e]
Verb
mute
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of mutar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of mutar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of mutar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of mutar.
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