To make (a quantity) smaller.
Of a quantity, to become smaller.
A reduction in the number of stitches, usually accomplished by suspending the stitch to be decreased from another existing stitch or by knitting it together with another stitch. See Decrease (knitting).
An amount by which a quantity is decreased.
To silence, to make quiet.
To turn off the sound of.
To cast off; to moult.
An electronic switch or control that mutes the sound.
A person who does not have the power of speech.
A hired mourner at a funeral; an undertaker's assistant.
A mute swan.
The faeces of a hawk or falcon.
An object for dulling the sound of an instrument, especially a brass instrument, or damper for pianoforte; a sordine.
Not giving a ringing sound when struck; said of a metal.
Not uttered; unpronounced; silent; also, produced by complete closure of the mouth organs which interrupt the passage of breath; said of certain letters.
Not having the power of speech; dumb.
Silent; not making a sound.