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muffle

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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Plain form
muffle

Third-person singular
muffles

Past tense
muffled

Past participle
muffled

Present participle
muffling

  1. (transitive) If you muffle someone, you wrap a person in fabric for warmth or protection.
    He muffled up his daughter to prevent her from catching a cold.
  2. (transitive) If you muffle something, you wrap or cover it to lower or mute the sound.