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Noun muffle has 1 sense
- muffle - a kiln with an inner chamber for firing things at a low temperature
--1 is a kind of kiln
Verb muffle has 2 senses
- smother, stifle, strangle, muffle, repress - conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn"
--1 is one way to suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- muffle, mute, dull, damp, dampen, tone down - deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
--2 is one way to soften
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
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