Thesaurus / muffle
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While headbands do provide some natural muffle, the fabric won’t be enough to tune out sounds within close range.
IF YOU’RE DREAMING OF THE BEST HEADPHONES FOR SLEEPING, HERE THEY ARECARSEN JOENKOCTOBER 7, 2021POPULAR-SCIENCEIt is placed on the muffle-plate (see above), by which it is introduced into the furnace.
COOLEY'S CYCLOPDIA OF PRACTICAL RECEIPTS AND COLLATERAL INFORMATION IN THE ARTS, MANUFACTURES, PROFESSIONS, AND TRADES..., SIXTH EDITION, VOLUME IARNOLD COOLEYThe cupels are then drawn to the mouth of the muffle, and allowed to cool slowly.
COOLEY'S CYCLOPDIA OF PRACTICAL RECEIPTS AND COLLATERAL INFORMATION IN THE ARTS, MANUFACTURES, PROFESSIONS, AND TRADES..., SIXTH EDITION, VOLUME IARNOLD COOLEYThe first time it was I did see our hardy lord abbat muffle his chin, in a skin or fur brought from foreign parts.
A LEGEND OF READING ABBEYCHARLES MACFARLANEThis author must not be allowed to muffle up his throat, and keep his notes for some imaginary and far-off spring.
SPARE HOURSJOHN BROWNThe dried glass is finally heated to a temperature of dull redness in a muffle furnace.
ON LABORATORY ARTSRICHARD THRELFALLThere is no need, here, to muffle the sound of the wing-beat.
BIRDS IN FLIGHTW. P. PYCRAFTTheir task was to muffle his blasphemy and get him to the chair, which they did.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN IRVIN S. (IRVIN SHREWSBURY) COBBThere are two kinds of furnaces required, the "wind" and "muffle" furnaces.
A TEXTBOOK OF ASSAYING: FOR THE USE OF THOSE CONNECTED WITH MINES.CORNELIUS BERINGER AND JOHN JACOB BERINGERThe floor of the muffle is protected with a layer of bone-ash, which absorbs any oxide of lead that may be accidentally spilt.
A TEXTBOOK OF ASSAYING: FOR THE USE OF THOSE CONNECTED WITH MINES.CORNELIUS BERINGER AND JOHN JACOB BERINGERWORDS RELATED TO MUFFLE
- balking
- bottling up
- choking
- constraining
- corking
- corking up
- curbing
- deadening
- demurring
- garroting
- keeping the lid on
- muffling
- muzzling
- obstructing
- putting the lid on
- quieting
- repressing
- restraining
- shutting down
- shying
- squashing
- squelching
- stifling
- stilling
- stumbling
- suppressing
- taping up
- throttling
- tongue-tying
- allay
- ameliorate
- appease
- assuage
- becalm
- button one's lip
- calm down
- can it
- choke
- clam up
- compose
- console
- cool it
- cool out
- dummy up
- fix up
- gag
- gratify
- hold it down
- hush
- ice
- inactivate
- lull
- moderate
- mollify
- muffle
- muzzle
- pacify
- palliate
- patch things up
- please
- quieten
- reconcile
- relax
- satisfy
- settle
- shush
- shut up
- silence
- slack
- smooth
- soft pedal
- soften
- soothe
- square
- squash
- squelch
- still
- stroke
- subdue
- take the bite out of
- tranquilize
- choke off
- clam
- clam up
- close up
- cool it
- cut off
- cut short
- dampen
- deaden
- decrease the volume
- dry up
- dull
- dumb
- dummy up
- extinguish
- gag
- hold one's tongue
- hush
- hush one's mouth
- hush-hush
- keep it down
- lull
- muffle
- mute
- muzzle
- overawe
- pipe down
- quash
- quell
- quiet
- quiet down
- say nothing
- shush
- shut up
- sit on
- soft pedal
- squelch
- stifle
- still
- strike dumb
- subdue
- suppress
- tongue-tie
- choke off
- clam
- clam up
- close up
- cool it
- cut off
- cut short
- dampen
- deaden
- decrease the volume
- dry up
- dull
- dumb
- dummy up
- extinguish
- gag
- hold one's tongue
- hush
- hush one's mouth
- hush-hush
- keep it down
- lull
- muffle
- mute
- muzzle
- overawe
- pipe down
- quash
- quell
- quiet
- quiet down
- say nothing
- shush
- shut up
- sit on
- soft-pedal
- squelch
- stifle
- still
- strike dumb
- subdue
- suppress
- tongue-tie
- black out
- bottle
- chasten
- check
- collect
- compose
- control
- cool
- cork
- crush
- curb
- gridlock
- hinder
- hold back
- inhibit
- jam up
- keep in
- keep in check
- keep under wraps
- kill
- lock
- master
- muffle
- overcome
- overpower
- quash
- quelch
- quell
- rein
- restrain
- shush
- silence
- simmer down
- smother
- squelch
- stifle
- subdue
- subjugate
- suppress
- swallow
- throw cold water on
- tie up
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