verb · transitive · rare

muffle

muffle · muffles · muffled · muffling

придушити, задушити, душити

заглушить, глушить, приглушить, заглушать

abstumpfen

To wrap in fabric or another covering, for warmth or protectionTo wrap (a person, face etc.) in fabric or another covering, for warmth or protection; often with up.

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/mʌfl̩/

» The screaming was pained and muffled.

Meaning

5 senses

(transitive)To wrap (a person, face etc.) in fabric or another covering, for warmth or protection; often with up.
(transitive)To wrap up or cover (a source of noise) in order to deaden the sound.
to muffle the strings of a drum, or that part of an oar which rests in the rowlock
deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
(transitive)To mute or deaden (a sound etc.).
глуши́тьglušítʹ, заглуши́тьzaglušítʹ, заглушатьzaglušatʹ
(dated, intransitive)To speak indistinctly, or without clear articulation.
(dated, transitive)To prevent seeing, or hearing, or speaking, by wraps bound about the head; to blindfold; to deafen.

Examples

26 sentences

The screaming was pained and muffled.
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Gunter heard a muffled voice outside.
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I began to hear muffled screaming.
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I heard the muffled scream again.
ruЯ снова услышал приглушённый крик. — marafon
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Ziri heard what sounded like muffled screams.
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Translations

5 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

To mute or deaden:

Origin

From Middle English muflen (“to muffle”), aphetic alteration of Anglo-Norman amoufler, fro

From Middle English muflen (“to muffle”), aphetic alteration of Anglo-Norman amoufler, from Old French enmoufler (“to wrap up, muffle”), from moufle (“mitten”), from Medieval Latin muffula (“a muff”), of Germanic origin (—first recorded in the Capitulary of Aachen in 817 C.E.), from Frankish *muffël (“a muff, wrap, envelope”) from *mauwa (“sleeve, wrap”) (from Proto-Germanic *mawwō (“sleeve”)) + *vël (“skin, hide”) (from Proto-Germanic *fellą (“skin, film, fleece”). Alternate etymology traces the Medieval Latin word to Frankish *molfell (“soft garment made of hide”) from *mol (“softened, forworn”) (akin to Old High German molawēn (“to soften”), Middle High German molwic (“soft”), English mulch) + *fell (“hide, skin”).

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