Muffled

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  muffled \muffled\ adj.
     1. same as {muted}; as, muffled drums; the muffled noises of
        the street.
  
     Syn: dull, muted, softened.
          [WordNet 1.5]


  
     2. Wrapped up especially for protection or secrecy; as,
        children muffled almost to the eyebrows.
        [WordNet 1.5]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Muffle \Muf"fle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Muffled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Muffling}.] [Cf. F. moufle a mitten, LL. muffula, OD. moffel
     a muff. See {Muff}.]
     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. --South.
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              The face lies muffled up within the garment.
                                                    --Addison.
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              He muffled with a cloud his mournful eyes. --Dryden.
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              Muffled up in darkness and superstition.
                                                    --Arbuthnot.
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     2. To prevent seeing, or hearing, or speaking, by wraps bound
        about the head; to blindfold; to deafen.
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     3. To wrap or fit 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; to muffle the
        exhaust of a motor vehicle.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  muffled
       adj 1: being or made softer or less loud or clear; "the dull boom
              of distant breaking waves"; "muffled drums"; "the
              muffled noises of the street"; "muted trumpets" [syn:
              {dull}, {muted}, {softened}]
       2: wrapped up especially for protection or secrecy; "children
          muffled almost to the eyebrows"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  77 Moby Thesaurus words for "muffled":
     armored, bated, between the lines, cased, ceiled, cloaked, clouded,
     coated, coped, covered, covert, cowled, cryptic, curtained, damped,
     dampened, dead, deadened, delitescent, dormant, dull, dulled,
     eclipsed, encapsulated, encapsuled, encased, enveloped, enwrapped,
     esoteric, filmed, flat, floored, hibernating, hidden, hooded,
     housed, latent, loricate, loricated, lurking, mantled, masked,
     muted, mystic, obfuscated, obscured, occult, occulted, packaged,
     paved, possible, potential, roofed-in, screened, scummed, sheathed,
     shelled, shielded, shrouded, sleeping, smothered, softened, sordo,
     stifled, subdued, submerged, swathed, tented, under cover,
     under the surface, underlying, unmanifested, veiled, virtual,
     walled, walled-in, wrapped