muffled : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: muffled	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for muffled
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
muffled adj being or made softer or less loud or clear; "the dull boom of distant breaking waves"; "muffled drums"; "the muffled noises of the street"; "muted trumpets" Synonym(s): dull, muffled, muted, softened wrapped up especially for protection or secrecy; "children muffled almost to the eyebrows"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Muffle \Muf"fle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Muffled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Muffling}.] [Cf. F. moufle a mitten, LL. muffula, OD. moffel a muff. See {Muff}.] 1. To wrap up in something that conceals or protects; to wrap, as the face and neck, in thick and disguising folds; hence, to conceal or cover the face of; to envelop; to inclose; -- often with up. --South. The face lies muffled up within the garment. --Addison. He muffled with a cloud his mournful eyes. --Dryden. Muffled up in darkness and superstition. --Arbuthnot. 2. To prevent seeing, or hearing, or speaking, by wraps bound about the head; to blindfold; to deafen. 3. To wrap with something that dulls or deadens the sound of; as, to muffle the strings of a drum, or that part of an oar which rests in the rowlock.