Definition of dumb

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Dumb (a.) Destitute of the power of speech; unable; to utter articulate sounds; as, the dumb brutes..

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Adumbration :: Adumbration (n.) The act of adumbrating, or shadowing forth..
Shadow :: Shadow (n.) To represent faintly or imperfectly; to adumbrate; hence, to represent typically..
Dumb :: Dumb (a.) Not willing to speak; mute; silent; not speaking; not accompanied by words; as, dumb show..
Obmutescence :: Obmutescence (n.) A becoming dumb; loss of speech.
Voiceless :: Voiceless (a.) Having no voice, utterance, or vote; silent; mute; dumb..
Pantomimical :: Pantomimical (a.) Of or pertaining to the pantomime; representing by dumb show.
Dumb-waiter :: Dumb-waiter (n.) A framework on which dishes, food, etc., are passed from one room or story of a house to another; a lift for dishes, etc.; also, a piece of furniture with movable or revolving shelves..
Speechless :: Speechless (a.) Not speaking for a time; dumb; mute; silent.
Dumb-bell :: Dumb-bell (n.) A weight, consisting of two spheres or spheroids, connected by a short bar for a handle; used (often in pairs) for gymnastic exercise..
Adumbrate :: Adumbrate (v. t.) To overshadow; to shade.
Elinguid :: Elinguid (a.) Tongue-tied; dumb.
Digitorium :: Digitorium (n.) A small dumb keyboard used by pianists for exercising the fingers; -- called also dumb piano.
Byplay :: Byplay (n.) Action carried on aside, and commonly in dumb show, while the main action proceeds..
Mute :: Mute (a.) Incapable of speaking; dumb.
Sign :: Sign (n.) Hence, one of the gestures of pantomime, or of a language of a signs such as those used by the North American Indians, or those used by the deaf and dumb..
Dumbness :: Dumbness (n.) The quality or state of being dumb; muteness; silence; inability to speak.
Adumbration :: Adumbration (n.) A faint sketch; an outline; an imperfect portrayal or representation of a thing.
Adumbrate :: Adumbrate (v. t.) To give a faint shadow or slight representation of; to outline; to shadow forth.
Shadow :: Shadow (n.) An imperfect and faint representation; adumbration; indistinct image; dim bodying forth; hence, mystical representation; type..
Micrococcus :: Micrococcus (n.) A genus of Spherobacteria, in the form of very small globular or oval cells, forming, by transverse division, filaments, or chains of cells, or in some cases single organisms shaped like dumb-bells (Diplococcus), all without the power of motion. See Illust. of Ascoccus..
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