**Mute**: 1. noun. A term referring to a [mute] person, someone suffering from muteness, a speech disorder which some individuals have. For one or more reasons, they are unable to [speak out] without the help of certain [utilities].
2. verb. A verb describing the action to (usually) disable the sound on something, like a television, as well as disabling someone from communicating, for example in chat channels on the Internet.
*Example:
1. That person over there is [mute], he is unable to talk.
2. Please mute the sound on the television for a moment, I am [talking on the phone].
2. Do you remember that person from the chat yesterday who kept spamming obscene words? I believe she was [muted] by a moderator.*
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