[muhf-uh
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verb, -fled, -fling, noun | 1. | to wrap with something to deaden or prevent sound: to muffle drums. |
| 2. | to deaden (sound) by wrappings or other means. |
| 3. | to wrap or envelop in a cloak, shawl, coat, etc., esp. to keep warm or protect the face and neck (often fol. by up): Muffle up the children before they go out. |
| 4. | to wrap (oneself) in a garment or other covering: muffled in silk. |
| 5. | to alter temporarily the profile of (a plaster mold) in order to run a base coat of plaster that will later be covered by a finish coat having the true profile. |
| 6. | something that muffles. |
| 7. | muffled sound. |
| 8. | an oven or arched chamber in a furnace or kiln, used for heating substances without direct contact with the fire. |
[muhf-uhl] | the thick, bare part of the upper lip and nose of ruminants and rodents. |
| muf·fle 1 (mŭf'əl) tr.v. muf·fled, muf·fling, muf·fles
[Middle English muflen, possibly from Old French mofler, to stuff, from mofle, glove; see muff2.] |
| muf·fle 2 (mŭf'əl) n. The fleshy, hairless snout of certain mammals, such as ruminants. [French mufle, perhaps blend of moufle, chubby face (from Old French; see muff2) and museau, muzzle (from Old French musel; see muzzle).] |