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verb (used with object)
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., especially to keep warm or protect the face and neck (often followed 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.
noun
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.
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Muffling
is always a great word to know.
So is gobo. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
muffle
early 15c., "to cover or wrap (something) to conceal or protect," perhaps from M.Fr. mofler "to stuff," from O.Fr. moufle "thick glove, muff" (cf. O.Fr. enmoufle "wrapped up"); see muff (n.). Meaning "wrap something up to deaden sound" first recorded 1761. Related: Muffled; muffling.
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