muffle
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a kiln with an inner chamber for firing things at a low temperature
Types & categories
- kiln hypernym
Sense 2 verb
conceal or hide
smother a yawn
Types & categories
- suppress hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 verb
deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
Types & categories
- soften hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | kiln |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | crushing |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | stifler |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | suppress |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | damper |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | mute |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | muffler |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | soften |