See muffle in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"t": "a muff, wrap, envelope"
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"expansion": "Frankish *muffël (“a muff, wrap, envelope”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*mawwō",
"t": "sleeve"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *mawwō (“sleeve”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*fellą",
"t": "skin, film, fleece"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *fellą (“skin, film, fleece”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ML.",
"3": "-"
},
"expansion": "Medieval Latin",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "frk",
"3": "*molfell",
"t": "soft garment made of hide"
},
"expansion": "Frankish *molfell (“soft garment made of hide”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "goh",
"2": "molawēn",
"t": "to soften"
},
"expansion": "Old High German molawēn (“to soften”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gmh",
"2": "molwic",
"t": "soft"
},
"expansion": "Middle High German molwic (“soft”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "mulch"
},
"expansion": "English mulch",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "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”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "muffles",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "muffling",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "muffled",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "muffled",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "muffle (third-person singular simple present muffles, present participle muffling, simple past and past participle muffled)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1712 (date written), [Joseph] Addison, Cato, a Tragedy. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], published 1713, →OCLC, (please specify the page):",
"text": "The face lies muffled up within the garment.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1700, [John] Dryden, “Ceyx and Alcone”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:",
"text": "He muffled with a cloud his mournful eyes.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1712, Humphry Polesworth [pseudonym; John Arbuthnot], “Mrs. Bull’s Vindication of the Indispensable Duty of Cuckoldom, Incumbent upon Wives, incase of the Tyranny, Infidelity, or Insufficiency of Husbands: Being a Full Answer to the Doctor’s Sermon against Adultery”, in John Bull in His Senses: Being the Second Part of Law is a Bottomless-Pit. […], Edinburgh: […] James Watson, […], →OCLC, page 7:",
"text": "It is much to the Honour of our Engliſh VVives, that they have never given up that fundamental Point [the \"right of cuckoldom\"]; and that tho' in former Ages they vvere muffled up in Darkneſs and Superſtition, yet that Notion ſeem'd engraven on their Minds, and the Impreſſion ſo ſtrong, that nothing could impair it.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To wrap (a person, face etc.) in fabric or another covering, for warmth or protection; often with up."
],
"links": [
[
"wrap",
"wrap"
],
[
"warmth",
"warmth"
],
[
"protection",
"protection"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To wrap (a person, face etc.) in fabric or another covering, for warmth or protection; often with up."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "to muffle the strings of a drum, or that part of an oar which rests in the rowlock",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To wrap up or cover (a source of noise) in order to deaden the sound."
],
"links": [
[
"wrap up",
"wrap up"
],
[
"cover",
"cover"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To wrap up or cover (a source of noise) in order to deaden the sound."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English transitive verbs",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1999, George R.R. Martin, A Clash of Kings, Bantam, published 2011, page 397:",
"text": "The singer's voice was muffled by the thick walls, yet Tyrion knew the verse.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To mute or deaden (a sound etc.)."
],
"links": [
[
"mute",
"mute"
],
[
"deaden",
"deaden"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To mute or deaden (a sound etc.)."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English dated terms",
"English intransitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To speak indistinctly, or without clear articulation."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, dated) To speak indistinctly, or without clear articulation."
],
"tags": [
"dated",
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English dated terms",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To prevent seeing, or hearing, or speaking, by wraps bound about the head; to blindfold; to deafen."
],
"links": [
[
"blindfold",
"blindfold"
],
[
"deafen",
"deafen"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, dated) To prevent seeing, or hearing, or speaking, by wraps bound about the head; to blindfold; to deafen."
],
"tags": [
"dated",
"transitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/mʌfl̩/"
},
{
"audio": "En-au-muffle.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/21/En-au-muffle.ogg/En-au-muffle.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/21/En-au-muffle.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ʌfəl"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "uvivam se",
"sense": "To wrap up for warmth, protection or security",
"word": "увивам се"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zagrǎštam se",
"sense": "To wrap up for warmth, protection or security",
"word": "загръщам се"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "To wrap up for warmth, protection or security",
"word": "embolicar"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "To wrap up for warmth, protection or security",
"word": "emboçar"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To wrap up for warmth, protection or security",
"word": "kietoa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "To wrap up for warmth, protection or security",
"word": "couvrir"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "To wrap up for warmth, protection or security",
"word": "emmitoufler"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "To wrap up for warmth, protection or security",
"word": "bebugyolál"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "To wrap up for warmth, protection or security",
"word": "cumhdaigh"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "To wrap up for warmth, protection or security",
"word": "whakangenengene"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "To wrap up for warmth, protection or security",
"word": "abafar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "To wrap up for warmth, protection or security",
"word": "cobrir"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zaglušavam",
"sense": "To mute or deaden",
"word": "заглушавам"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "To mute or deaden",
"word": "esmorteir"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "To mute or deaden",
"word": "dempen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To mute or deaden",
"word": "vaimentaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To mute or deaden",
"word": "hiljentää"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "To mute or deaden",
"word": "assourdir"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "To mute or deaden",
"word": "étouffer"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "To mute or deaden",
"word": "tompít"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "To mute or deaden",
"word": "plúch"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "To mute or deaden",
"word": "whakatāmate"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"english": "referring to sound",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "To mute or deaden",
"word": "whakahaumūmū"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "To mute or deaden",
"word": "dempe"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "To mute or deaden",
"word": "assordir"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "To mute or deaden",
"word": "amortir"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "To mute or deaden",
"word": "abafar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "glušítʹ",
"sense": "To mute or deaden",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "глуши́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zaglušítʹ",
"sense": "To mute or deaden",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "заглуши́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zaglušatʹ",
"sense": "To mute or deaden",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "заглушать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "slightly",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "priglušítʹ",
"sense": "To mute or deaden",
"word": "приглуши́ть"
}
],
"word": "muffle"
}
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