Read the dictionary definition of mute. All definitions for this word.
1. a device used to soften the tone of a musical instrument
2. a deaf person who is unable to speak
3. deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
4. unable to speak because of hereditary deafness
5. expressed without speech
1. a mute appeal
2. a silent curse
3. best grief is tongueless
4. the words stopped at her lips unsounded
5. unspoken grief
6. choking exasperation and wordless shame