Definition of dumb

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Dumb (a.) Not willing to speak; mute; silent; not speaking; not accompanied by words; as, dumb show..

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Pantomime :: Pantomime (n.) One who acts his part by gesticulation or dumb show only, without speaking; a pantomimist..
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..
Dumb :: Dumb (a.) Not willing to speak; mute; silent; not speaking; not accompanied by words; as, dumb show..
Pantomime :: Pantomime (n.) A dramatic representation by actors who use only dumb show; hence, dumb show, generally..
Byplay :: Byplay (n.) Action carried on aside, and commonly in dumb show, while the main action proceeds..
Chirology :: Chirology (n.) The art or practice of using the manual alphabet or of communicating thoughts by sings made by the hands and fingers; a substitute for spoken or written language in intercourse with the deaf and dumb. See Dactylalogy.
Dumb :: Dumb (a.) Destitute of the power of speech; unable; to utter articulate sounds; as, the dumb brutes..
Adumbrative :: Adumbrative (a.) Faintly representing; typical.
Adumbrant :: Adumbrant (a.) Giving a faint shadow, or slight resemblance; shadowing forth..
Chorus :: Chorus (n.) An interpreter in a dumb show or play.
Shadow :: Shadow (n.) To represent faintly or imperfectly; to adumbrate; hence, to represent typically..
Adumbration :: Adumbration (n.) The act of adumbrating, or shadowing forth..
Dumb :: Dumb (v. t.) To put to silence.
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..
Speechless :: Speechless (a.) Not speaking for a time; dumb; mute; silent.
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..
Adumbration :: Adumbration (n.) A faint sketch; an outline; an imperfect portrayal or representation of a thing.
Dummy :: Dummy (n.) One who is dumb.
Dummerer :: Dummerer (n.) One who feigns dumbness.
Voiceless :: Voiceless (a.) Having no voice, utterance, or vote; silent; mute; dumb..
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