Muffle
verb
To make a sound quieter or less clear.
She muffled her laughter with her hand.
Often appears as...
- muffle a cry
- muffle the sound
verb
To cover or wrap something to keep it warm.
She muffled her face in her scarf because it was freezing outside.
Often appears as...
- muffle in a scarf
- muffle up in clothes
verb
To make a sound quieter or less clear.
She muffled her laughter with her hand.
Often appears as...
- muffle a cry
- muffle the sound
verb
To cover or wrap something to keep it warm.
She muffled her face in her scarf because it was freezing outside.
Often appears as...
- muffle in a scarf
- muffle up in clothes
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Diminished Clarity
Muffling affects sound quality, often making words difficult to understand.
During the play, the actor's lines were muffled by the thick curtains.
Pro Tip 2/3Intentional Act
Muffling is usually deliberate, such as to avoid being overheard.
He muffled his phone's ringtone in the library.
Pro Tip 3/3Partial Silence
Muffling reduces noise but does not eliminate it entirely.
She muffled the alarm clock's sound with a pillow.
Pro Tip 1/3Diminished Clarity
Muffling affects sound quality, often making words difficult to understand.
During the play, the actor's lines were muffled by the thick curtains.
Pro Tip 2/3Intentional Act
Muffling is usually deliberate, such as to avoid being overheard.
He muffled his phone's ringtone in the library.
Pro Tip 3/3Partial Silence
Muffling reduces noise but does not eliminate it entirely.
She muffled the alarm clock's sound with a pillow.
Pro Tip 1/3Diminished Clarity
Muffling affects sound quality, often making words difficult to understand.
During the play, the actor's lines were muffled by the thick curtains.
Pro Tip 2/3Intentional Act
Muffling is usually deliberate, such as to avoid being overheard.
He muffled his phone's ringtone in the library.
Pro Tip 3/3Partial Silence
Muffling reduces noise but does not eliminate it entirely.
She muffled the alarm clock's sound with a pillow.
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What we learn before...
because sounds from the outside world have to travel through the mother's abdominal tissue and through the amniotic fluid that surrounds the fetus the voices fetuses here starting around the fourth month of gestation are muted and muffled one researcher says that they probably sound a lot like the voice
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Technology that protects...
you plug your nose right now just go ahead bear with me plug your nose and swallow you're gonna get a weird monthly sensation in your ears that's very minor and temporary but imagine ten times that it's really difficult to hear when the environment is muffled and the problem here is that
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Giraffes on a Boat PIPE...
they're basically socks that we stuff in the giraffe's ear to try to you know keep them calm you know muffle out sounds and then the blindfold is sort of like um maybe a potato sack type texture so they can kind of see through it you know but it's still helping keep
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The political power of...
But when I answered the phone, I was met with a tone that was unlike anything I had ever heard from my mother. My mother's loud. But she spoke in a hush, still, muffled tone that conveyed a sense of sadness. And as she whispered, she said, "Michael,
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Can loud music damage...
Swollen hair cells are unable to vibrate with the appropriate speed and accuracy, making hearing muffled. This kind of hearing loss is known as a temporary threshold shift, and many people will experience it at least once in their lifetime.
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Safari Live - Day 368 PIPE...
the very soft and furry nature of the bottom of his pads they're very furry between the toes does helped him muffle his footfalls as well oh sorry I'm trying to control my excitement here as well but the situation with these
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Safari Live - Day 12 PIPE...
ecosystem especially hyena so it's there's a strong possibility one will come on to the fray the wind could be helping these cheats in terms of it muffling the sounds of this wildebeest bellowing bleating and it will also be
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How racial bias works --...
Yet they exact a heavy toll. So what can we do? We are all vulnerable to bias, but we don't act on bias all the time. There are certain conditions that can bring bias alive and other conditions that can muffle it.
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Why are these 32 symbols...
You now walk the same path as these early artists. And in this surreal, otherworldly place, it's almost possible to imagine that you hear the muffled footfall of skin boots on soft earth,
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Marian Bantjes:...
I'm going to begin by reciting a poem. "Oh beloved Your rubber fingers in my mouth your voice so soft and muffled Lower the mask, dear dentist,
Video examples
What we learn before...
because sounds from the outside world have to travel through the mother's abdominal tissue and through the amniotic fluid that surrounds the fetus the voices fetuses here starting around the fourth month of gestation are muted and muffled one researcher says that they probably sound a lot like the voice
Video examples
Technology that protects...
you plug your nose right now just go ahead bear with me plug your nose and swallow you're gonna get a weird monthly sensation in your ears that's very minor and temporary but imagine ten times that it's really difficult to hear when the environment is muffled and the problem here is that
Video examples
Giraffes on a Boat PIPE...
they're basically socks that we stuff in the giraffe's ear to try to you know keep them calm you know muffle out sounds and then the blindfold is sort of like um maybe a potato sack type texture so they can kind of see through it you know but it's still helping keep
Video examples
The political power of...
But when I answered the phone, I was met with a tone that was unlike anything I had ever heard from my mother. My mother's loud. But she spoke in a hush, still, muffled tone that conveyed a sense of sadness. And as she whispered, she said, "Michael,
Video examples
Can loud music damage...
Swollen hair cells are unable to vibrate with the appropriate speed and accuracy, making hearing muffled. This kind of hearing loss is known as a temporary threshold shift, and many people will experience it at least once in their lifetime.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 368 PIPE...
the very soft and furry nature of the bottom of his pads they're very furry between the toes does helped him muffle his footfalls as well oh sorry I'm trying to control my excitement here as well but the situation with these
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 12 PIPE...
ecosystem especially hyena so it's there's a strong possibility one will come on to the fray the wind could be helping these cheats in terms of it muffling the sounds of this wildebeest bellowing bleating and it will also be
Video examples
How racial bias works --...
Yet they exact a heavy toll. So what can we do? We are all vulnerable to bias, but we don't act on bias all the time. There are certain conditions that can bring bias alive and other conditions that can muffle it.
Video examples
Why are these 32 symbols...
You now walk the same path as these early artists. And in this surreal, otherworldly place, it's almost possible to imagine that you hear the muffled footfall of skin boots on soft earth,
Video examples
Marian Bantjes:...
I'm going to begin by reciting a poem. "Oh beloved Your rubber fingers in my mouth your voice so soft and muffled Lower the mask, dear dentist,
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Quote examples
Dorothy L. Sayers
British Author
The people who hanged Christ never, to do them justice, accused him of being a bore - on the contrary, they thought him too dynamic to be safe. It has been left for later generations to muffle up that shattering personality and surround him with an atmosphere of tedium.
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Aldous Huxley
English Novelist
A child-like man is not a man whose development has been arrested; on the contrary, he is a man who has given himself a chance of continuing to develop long after most adults have muffled themselves in the cocoon of middle-aged habit and convention.
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Robin Marantz Henig
Writer
There's very little about being in a functional-M.R.I. scanner that is natural: you are flat on your back, absolutely still, with your head immobilized by pillows and straps. The scanner makes a dreadful din, which headphones barely muffle.
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Anne Applebaum
American Journalist
Political leaders in Belarus are routinely repressed, and their voices are muffled: Tsikhanouskaya was running for president because her husband, Siarhei Tsikhanouski, was arrested before he could start his own presidential campaign.
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Kate DiCamillo
American Author
It's such a potent thing, to be a kid. We grow up, and we don't want to remember how everything is so beautiful and terrifying when we're young. The older you get, the more you hope to muffle things.
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John Podhoretz
American Writer
Some candidates need to say provocative things that make noise to break through the media muffle and get themselves noticed.
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Mary Stewart
English Novelist
I reached for sleep and drew it round me like a blanket muffling pain and thought together in the merciful dark.
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Charles Baudelaire
French Poet
To the solemn graves, near a lonely cemetery, my heart like a muffled drum is beating funeral marches.
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F. Sionil Jose
Filipino Writer
I do not want to be bored listening to music that is muffled and known only to the poet himself.
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Alec Guinness
English Actor
A superb tenor voice, like a silver trumpet muffled in silk.
Quote examples
Dorothy L. Sayers
British Author
The people who hanged Christ never, to do them justice, accused him of being a bore - on the contrary, they thought him too dynamic to be safe. It has been left for later generations to muffle up that shattering personality and surround him with an atmosphere of tedium.
Quote examples
Aldous Huxley
English Novelist
A child-like man is not a man whose development has been arrested; on the contrary, he is a man who has given himself a chance of continuing to develop long after most adults have muffled themselves in the cocoon of middle-aged habit and convention.
Quote examples
Robin Marantz Henig
Writer
There's very little about being in a functional-M.R.I. scanner that is natural: you are flat on your back, absolutely still, with your head immobilized by pillows and straps. The scanner makes a dreadful din, which headphones barely muffle.
Quote examples
Anne Applebaum
American Journalist
Political leaders in Belarus are routinely repressed, and their voices are muffled: Tsikhanouskaya was running for president because her husband, Siarhei Tsikhanouski, was arrested before he could start his own presidential campaign.
Quote examples
Kate DiCamillo
American Author
It's such a potent thing, to be a kid. We grow up, and we don't want to remember how everything is so beautiful and terrifying when we're young. The older you get, the more you hope to muffle things.
Quote examples
John Podhoretz
American Writer
Some candidates need to say provocative things that make noise to break through the media muffle and get themselves noticed.
Quote examples
Mary Stewart
English Novelist
I reached for sleep and drew it round me like a blanket muffling pain and thought together in the merciful dark.
Quote examples
Charles Baudelaire
French Poet
To the solemn graves, near a lonely cemetery, my heart like a muffled drum is beating funeral marches.
Quote examples
F. Sionil Jose
Filipino Writer
I do not want to be bored listening to music that is muffled and known only to the poet himself.
Quote examples
Alec Guinness
English Actor
A superb tenor voice, like a silver trumpet muffled in silk.
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