muffle als zelfstandig naamwoord: - 1
als werkwoord: - 1
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muffle
zelfstandig naamwoord
1 muffle
A kiln with an inner chamber for firing things at a low temperature.
Nederlands: moffel, moffeloven
werkwoord
1 muffle
Suppress in order to conceal or hide:
— Muffle one's anger.
synoniemen: repress, smother, stifle, strangle.
Roget 403:
be silent
etc.
adj.;
hold one's tongue
etc.
(not speak)
585.
render silent
etc.
adj.;
silence,
still,
hush;
stifle,
muffle,
stop;
muzzle,
put to silence
etc.
(render mute)
581.
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Roget 528:
conceal,
hide,
secrete,
put out of sight;
lock up,
seal up,
bottle up.
encrypt,
encode,
cipher.
cover,
screen,
cloak,
veil,
shroud;
cover up one's tracks;
screen from sight,
screen from observation;
drawing the veil;
draw the curtain,
close the curtain;
curtain,
shade,
eclipse,
throw a view over;
be cloud,
be mask;
mask,
disguise;
ensconce,
muffle,
smother;
befog;
whisper.
keep from;
keep back,
keep to oneself;
keep snug,
keep close,
keep secret,
keep dark;
bury;
sink,
suppress;
keep from,
keep from out of view,
keep from out of sight;
keep in the shade,
throw into the shade,
throw into background;
stifle,
hush up,
smother,
withhold,
reserve;
fence with a question;
ignore
etc.
460.
keep a secret,
keep one's own counsel;
hold one's tongue
etc.
(silence)
585;
make no sign,
not let it go further;
not breathe a word,
not breathe a syllable about;
not let the right hand know what the left is not let the right hand know what the left is doing;
hide one's light under a bushel,
bury one's talent in a napkin.
keep in the dark,
leave in the dark,
keep in the ignorance;
blind,
blind the eyes;
blindfold,
hoodwink,
mystify;
puzzle
etc.
(render uncertain)
475;
bamboozle
etc.
(deceive)
545.
be concealed
etc.
v.;
suffer an eclipse;
retire from sight,
couch;
hide oneself;
lie hid,
lie in perdu [Fr.],
lie in close;
lie in ambush
(ambush)
530;
seclude oneself
etc.
893;
lurk,
sneak,
skulk,
slink,
prowl;
steal into,
steal out of,
steal by,
steal along;
play at bopeep†,
play at hide and seek;
hide in holes and corners;
still hunt.
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Roget 581:
keep silence
etc.
585;
speak low,
speak softly;
whisper
etc.
(faintness)
405.
silence;
render mute,
render silent;
muzzle,
muffle,
suppress,
smother,
gag,
strike dumb,
dumfounder;
drown the voice,
put to silence,
stop one's mouth,
cut one short.
stick in the throat.
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Roget 583:
stammer,
stutter,
hesitate,
falter,
hammer;
balbutiate†,
balbucinate†,
haw,
hum and haw,
be unable to put two words together.
mumble,
mutter;
maud†,
mauder†;
whisper
etc.
405;
mince,
lisp;
jabber,
gibber;
sputter,
splutter;
muffle,
mump†;
drawl,
mouth;
croak;
speak thick,
speak through the nose;
snuffle,
clip one's words;
murder the language,
murder the King's English,
murder the Queen's English;
mispronounce,
missay†.
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Nederlands: temperen
2 muffle
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