Dumb
[dʌm]
Definition
(adj.) unable to speak because of hereditary deafness .
(adj.) lacking the power of human speech; 'dumb animals' .
Typist: Robinson--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Destitute of the power of speech; unable; to utter articulate sounds; as, the dumb brutes.
(a.) Not willing to speak; mute; silent; not speaking; not accompanied by words; as, dumb show.
(a.) Lacking brightness or clearness, as a color.
(v. t.) To put to silence.
Typed by Darla
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Unable to speak, incapable of speech.[2]. Mute, speechless, silent, taciturn, mum.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Inarticulate, mute, silent, still
ANT:Clatter, tumult, uproar
Editor: Timmy
Definition
adj. without the power of speech: silent: soundless.—v.t. (Shak.) to render dumb.—n.pl. Dumb′-bells double-headed weights swung in the hands for the purpose of developing the arms muscles of the chest &c.—n. Dumb′-cane a plant of the order Arace aberrant in its almost arborescent character but agreeing with them in its acridity which is in none of them more highly developed.—adv. Dumb′ly in silence: mutely.—ns. Dumb′ness; Dumb′-show gesture without words: pantomime; Dumb′-wait′er a movable platform used for conveying food dishes &c. at meals: a stand with revolving top for holding dessert &c.—vs.t. Dumfound′ -er to strike dumb: to confuse greatly: to astonish.—ns. Dum′merer a dumb person esp. a rogue who feigns dumbness; Dum′miness; Dum′my one who is dumb: a mere tool of another man of straw: a sham package in a shop: the fourth or exposed band when three persons play at whist.—Strike dumb to silence with astonishment.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of being dumb, indicates your inability to persuade others into your mode of thinking, and using them for your profit by your glibness of tongue. To the dumb, it denotes false friends.
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Examples
- It was all done in dumb show, the women danced their emotion in gesture and motion. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The vital part of the population has pretty well emerged from any dumb acquiescence in constitutions. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- His work with his deaf and dumb pupils was all in the line of making sound vibrations visible to the eye. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Don't go on posturing like a Deaf and Dumb School,' said the ingenious Fledgeby, 'but express yourself like a Christian--or as nearly as you can. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Must you ever go on down the ages to your final extinction but little above the plane of the dumb brutes that serve you! Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Dreadful question: there was no one here to answer it--not even dumb sign, mute token. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
Typist: Vilma