muffle

Sinhala Dictionary definitions for muffle

muffle 🔊 /mʌˈfʌl/

muffle : ඔතා ගන්නවා

muffle : ආවාරකය

muffle : වෙළා වසනවා

muffle : ආවරකය

muffle : වසුන

muffle definition

Noun. The bare end of the nose between the nostrils; -- used Especially. of ruminants.

Transitive verb.

  1. 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.
  2. To prevent seeing, or hearing, or speaking, by wraps bound about the head; to blindfold; to deafen.
  3. 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.
  4. Anything with which another thing, as an oar or drum, is muffled; also, a boxing glove; a muff.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. A pulley block containing several sheaves.

Intransitive verb. To speak indistinctly, or without clear articulation.