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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Shadow :: Shadow (n.) To represent faintly or imperfectly; to adumbrate; hence, to represent typically..
Adumbrate :: Adumbrate (v. t.) To overshadow; to shade.
Lift :: Lift (n.) A hoisting machine; an elevator; a dumb waiter.
Adumbration :: Adumbration (n.) The shadow or outlines of a figure.
Dumb :: Dumb (a.) Not willing to speak; mute; silent; not speaking; not accompanied by words; as, dumb show..
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..
Pantomime :: Pantomime (n.) A dramatic and spectacular entertainment of which dumb acting as well as burlesque dialogue, music, and dancing by Clown, Harlequin, etc., are features..
Speechless :: Speechless (a.) Not speaking for a time; dumb; mute; silent.
Dumfound :: Dumfound (v. t.) To strike dumb; to confuse with astonishment.
Dummador :: Dummador (n.) A dumbledor.
Byplay :: Byplay (n.) Action carried on aside, and commonly in dumb show, while the main action proceeds..
Dummy :: Dummy (n.) One who is dumb.
Dactylology :: Dactylology (n.) The art of communicating ideas by certain movements and positions of the fingers; -- a method of conversing practiced by the deaf and dumb.
Adumbration :: Adumbration (n.) A faint sketch; an outline; an imperfect portrayal or representation of a thing.
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..
Dumb :: Dumb (a.) Lacking brightness or clearness, as a color..
Adumbrative :: Adumbrative (a.) Faintly representing; typical.
Adumbration :: Adumbration (n.) The act of adumbrating, or shadowing forth..
Obmutescence :: Obmutescence (n.) A becoming dumb; loss of speech.
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..
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