Mute - перевод на Русский и значение в Английском

adjective

Unable to speak, write, or understand speech or writing because of damage to the brain

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The girl was aphasic because of brain damage suffered during a difficult birth., she suffered a mas…

verb

Make slightly wet.

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The fine rain dampened her face

verb

To make something slightly wet

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Rain dampened the tent, but it dried in the sun., i think the accident dampened his enthusiasm for …

verb

To make something less strong or successful

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The outlook for the global economy looked gloomy, and dampened expectations of a rise in profits th…

verb

Make (a noise or sensation) less strong or intense.

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Ether was used to deaden the pain

verb

To reduce the severity or effect of something

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He asked for some stronger medication to deaden the pain.

verb

To make something less painful or less strong

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Morphine is often used to deaden the pain of serious injuries., double glazing has helped to deaden…

verb

Make or become smaller or fewer in size, amount, intensity, or degree.

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The population of the area has decreased radically

noun

An instance or example of becoming smaller or fewer.

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A decrease in births

verb

To become smaller or make something less

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[ i ] car sales decreased sharply this year., i haven’t noticed any decrease in ticket sales.

verb

Make or become less.

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The new law is expected to diminish the government's chances

verb

To reduce or be reduced in size or importance

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[ i ] the threat of inflation is diminishing., [ t ] a single-payer system would diminish the burea…

verb

To reduce or be reduced in size, importance, or value

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If consumers start losing confidence, it will diminish demand for household goods., investors can d…

adjective

Lacking interest or excitement.

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Your diet doesn't have to be dull and boring

verb

Make or become dull or less intense.

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Time dulls the memory

adjective

Not interesting or exciting; boring

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Many of the courtroom events were dull and routine., the lecture was dry, dull, and full of statist…

adjective

Temporarily unable or unwilling to speak.

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They stood dumb while the attacker poured out a stream of abuse

verb

Make dumb or unheard; silence.

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A splendour that dazed the mind and dumbed the tongue

adjective

Unable to speak

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Children like this used to be described as "deaf and dumb".

adjective

Less high in position.

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The lower levels of the building

adverb

Denoting an older (and hence usually deeper) part of a stratigraphic division or archaeological deposit or the period in which it was formed or deposited.

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Lower cretaceous

verb

Move (someone or something) in a downward direction.

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He watched the coffin being lowered into the ground

noun

A covering for all or part of the face, worn as a disguise, or to amuse or frighten others.

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Even the tots wore their costumes and enjoyed the fun, peering through their grotesque masks, and f…

verb

A covering made of fibre or gauze and fitting over the nose and mouth to protect against air pollutants, or made of sterile gauze and worn to prevent infection of the wearer or (in surgery) of the patient.

noun

A covering for all or part of the face, worn for protection or to hide the face

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A gas mask, an exhibit of african masks, the children all wore halloween masks that were supposed t…

verb

Wrap or cover for warmth.

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Everyone was muffled up in coats and scarves

noun

A receptacle in a furnace or kiln in which things can be heated without contact with combustion products.

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A muffle furnace

verb

To make a sound quieter and less clear

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Ted and i looked at each other with open mouths and muffled our laughs in our sleeves., i could hea…

noun

One's mother.

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She often goes round to see her mum, who lives nearby

adjective

Silent.

noun

A cultivated chrysanthemum.

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He ordered everything: irises, mums, roses of every variety

adjective

Silent; tongue-tied.

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Are they obliged to sit mumchance, and to be ordered about till they are the laughing-stock of youn…

adjective

Making little or no noise.

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The car has a quiet, economical engine

noun

Absence of noise or bustle; silence; calm.

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The ringing of the telephone shattered the early morning quiet

verb

Make or become silent, calm, or still.

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There are ways of quieting kids down

verb

Make or become quiet and calm.

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Her mother was trying to quieten her

verb

To (cause someone to) become calmer or less noisy

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The barking dogs quietened (down) when they recognized me.

verb

Make smaller or less in amount, degree, or size.

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The need for businesses to reduce costs

verb

Make smaller

verb

To make something less in size, amount, degree, importance, or price

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A low-fat diet can reduce the risk of heart disease., grunn employs 17,900 people, but that number …

noun

Complete absence of sound.

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Sirens pierce the silence of the night

verb

Prohibit or prevent from speaking.

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She was silenced by the officer's stern look

noun

An absence of sound; complete quiet

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A profound silence spread itself through the sleeping house., [ u ] the two men ate in silence and …

adjective

Not making or accompanied by any sound.

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The wood was still and silent

adjective

Not speaking or making noise

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I have remained silent till now, mike, but i have to tell you what i think., the "b" in doubt is si…

verb

Kill (someone) by covering their nose and mouth so that they suffocate.

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I dreamt a stranger was trying to kill me by smothering me with a pillow

noun

A mass of something that stifles or obscures.

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All this vanished in a smother of foam

verb

To prevent a person or animal from getting oxygen

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Several animals were smothered by smoke from the fire., the pasta was smothered with a creamy sauce…

verb

Make or become soft or softer.

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Plant extracts to soften and moisturize the skin

verb

To become gentle, or to make something less forceful or loud

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[ t ] he made an effort to soften his tone., congress will move to soften the law’s impact., [ i ] …

verb

If demand, a price, a market, etc. softens, it stops increasing or it goes down

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Share prices softened with continued worries about the country's economic recovery., although deman…

adjective

Unable to speak, especially as the temporary result of shock or strong emotion.

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He was speechless with rage

verb

Make (someone) unable to breathe properly; suffocate.

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Those in the streets were stifled by the fumes

noun

A joint in the legs of horses, dogs, and other animals, equivalent to the knee in humans.

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At necropsy all stifle joints were stable to an anterior drawer force with no significant limitatio…

verb

Impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of

verb

Forcibly put an end to.

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The rising was savagely suppressed

verb

To end something by force

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He either has to begin reforms, or he has to suppress the opposition., he was accused of suppressin…

verb

To prevent something from being seen or expressed

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Any decisions to suppress information would have been made by senior managers, not by shareholders.…

adjective

(of a person) reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little.

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After such gatherings she would be taciturn and morose

adjective

Usually speaking very little

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He was always quiet, reserved, and taciturn.

adjective

With the lips firmly closed, especially as a sign of suppressed emotion or determined reticence.

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She stayed tight-lipped and shook her head

adjective

With the lips firmly closed, especially as a sign of suppressed emotion or determined reticence.

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She stayed tight-lipped and shook her head

adjective

With the lips firmly closed, especially as a sign of suppressed emotion or determined reticence.

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She stayed tight-lipped and shook her head

adjective

Having difficulty in speaking, usually because of being nervous

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I was practically tongue-tied.

adjective

Unwilling to talk or impart information.

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He had always been quiet and uncommunicative, having few friends

adjective

Not willing to talk

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He had a headache and was uncommunicative.

adjective

Not speaking; silent.

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For a moment they all sat unspeaking

adjective

Not able to speak or express opinions.

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Millions of americans feel voiceless and powerless to bring positive change to the political system

adjective

If a group of people is voiceless, it does not have the power or the legal right to express their opinions

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He spent his life fighting for the rights of the voiceless and the underprivileged.

adjective

Not speaking or involving speech.

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A sort of wordless communication had developed

adjective

Without any words

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We sat in wordless contemplation of the view.