muffle

Etymology
From, aphetic alteration of , from , from , from , of origin (—first recorded in the Capitulary of Aachen in 817 ), from  from  (from ) +  (from . Alternate etymology traces the  word to  from  (akin to 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬) +.

Noun

 * 1) Anything that mutes or deadens sound.
 * 2) A warm piece of clothing for the hands.
 * 3)  A boxing glove.
 * 4) A kiln or furnace, often electric, with no direct flames (a muffle furnace)
 * 5) The bare end of the nose between the nostrils, especially in ruminants.
 * 6) A machine with two pulleys to hoist load by spinning wheels, polyspast, block and tackle.
 * 1) A machine with two pulleys to hoist load by spinning wheels, polyspast, block and tackle.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:
 * Hungarian:
 * Norwegian: demper
 * Russian:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Norwegian: muffe
 * Russian:
 * Slovak: muf


 * Finnish:
 * Spanish:

Verb

 * 1)  To wrap (a person, face etc.) in fabric or another covering, for warmth or protection; often with up.
 * 2)  To wrap up or cover (a source of noise) in order to deaden the sound.
 * 3)  To mute or deaden (a sound etc.).
 * 4)  To speak indistinctly, or without clear articulation.
 * 5)  To prevent seeing, or hearing, or speaking, by wraps bound about the head; to blindfold; to deafen.
 * 1)  To mute or deaden (a sound etc.).
 * 2)  To speak indistinctly, or without clear articulation.
 * 3)  To prevent seeing, or hearing, or speaking, by wraps bound about the head; to blindfold; to deafen.
 * 1)  To speak indistinctly, or without clear articulation.
 * 2)  To prevent seeing, or hearing, or speaking, by wraps bound about the head; to blindfold; to deafen.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: увивам се, загръщам се
 * Catalan: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: cumhdaigh
 * Maori: whakangenengene
 * Portuguese: ,


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: plúch
 * Japanese:
 * Maori: whakatāmate, whakahaumūmū
 * Norwegian:
 * Occitan: assordir,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, , ,