Moot vs. Mute
Mootadjective
Subject to discussion (originally at a moot); arguable, debatable, unsolved or impossible to solve.
Mootadjective
Being an exercise of thought; academic.
Mootadjective
(North America) Having no practical impact or relevance.
Mootnoun
A moot court.
Mootnoun
A system of arbitration in many areas of Africa in which the primary goal is to settle a dispute and reintegrate adversaries into society rather than assess penalties.
Mootnoun
(Scouting) A gathering of Rovers, usually in the form of a camp lasting 2 weeks.
Mootnoun
(paganism) A social gathering of pagans, normally held in a public house.
Mootnoun
(historical) An assembly (usually for decision making in a locality).
Mootnoun
(shipbuilding) A ring for gauging wooden pins.
Mootnoun
A whisper, or an insinuation, also gossip or rumors.
Mootnoun
Talk.
Mootnoun
(Australia) Vagina.
Mootnoun
(West Country) The stump of a tree; the roots and bottom end of a felled tree.
Mootverb
To bring up as a subject for debate, to propose.
Mootverb
To discuss or debate.
Mootverb
(US) To make or declare irrelevant.
Mootverb
To argue or plead in a supposed case.
Mootverb
To talk or speak.
Mootverb
To say, utter, also insinuate.
Mootverb
(West Country) To take root and begin to grow.
Mootverb
(West Country) To turn up soil or dig up roots, especially an animal with the snout.
Mootverb
See 1st Mot.
Mootverb
To argue for and against; to debate; to discuss; to propose for discussion.
Mootverb
Specifically: To discuss by way of exercise; to argue for practice; to propound and discuss in a mock court.
Mootverb
To render inconsequential, as having no effect on the practical outcome; to render academic; as, the ruling that the law was invalid mooted the question of whether he actually violated it.
Mootverb
To argue or plead in a supposed case.
Mootnoun
A ring for gauging wooden pins.
Mootnoun
A meeting for discussion and deliberation; esp., a meeting of the people of a village or district, in Anglo-Saxon times, for the discussion and settlement of matters of common interest; - usually in composition; as, folk-moot.
Mootnoun
A discussion or debate; especially, a discussion of fictitious causes by way of practice.
Mootadjective
Subject, or open, to argument or discussion; undecided; debatable; mooted.
Mootadjective
Of purely theoretical or academic interest; having no practical consequence; as, the team won in spite of the bad call, and whether the ruling was correct is a moot question.
Mootnoun
a hypothetical case that law students argue as an exercise;
Mootverb
think about carefully; weigh;
Mootadjective
of no legal significance (as having been previously decided)
Mootadjective
open to argument or debate;
Mootadjective
subject to debate, dispute, or uncertainty
Mootadjective
having little or no practical relevance, typically because the subject is too uncertain to allow a decision
Mootverb
raise (a question or topic) for discussion; suggest (an idea or possibility)
Mootnoun
an assembly held for debate, especially in Anglo-Saxon and medieval times.
Mootnoun
a regular gathering of people having a common interest.
Mootnoun
a mock judicial proceeding set up to examine a hypothetical case as an academic exercise
Muteadjective
Not having the power of speech; dumb.
Muteadjective
Silent; not making a sound.
Muteadjective
Not uttered; unpronounced; silent; also, produced by complete closure of the mouth organs which interrupt the passage of breath; said of certain letters.
Muteadjective
Not giving a ringing sound when struck; said of a metal.
Mutenoun
A stopped consonant; a stop.
Mutenoun
An actor who does not speak; a mime performer.
Mutenoun
A person who does not have the power of speech.
Mutenoun
A hired mourner at a funeral; an undertaker's assistant.
Mutenoun
(music) An object for dulling the sound of an instrument, especially a brass instrument, or damper for pianoforte; a sordine.
Mutenoun
The faeces of a hawk or falcon.
Muteverb
(transitive) To silence, to make quiet.
Muteverb
(transitive) To turn off the sound of.
Muteverb
Of a bird: to defecate.
Muteverb
(transitive) To cast off; to moult.
Muteverb
To cast off; to molt.
Muteverb
To eject the contents of the bowels; - said of birds.
Mutenoun
The dung of birds.
Mutenoun
One who does not speak, whether from physical inability, unwillingness, or other cause.
Mutenoun
A letter which represents no sound; a silent letter; also, a close articulation; an element of speech formed by a position of the mouth organs which stops the passage of the breath; as, p, b, d, k, t.
Mutenoun
A little utensil made of brass, ivory, or other material, so formed that it can be fixed in an erect position on the bridge of a violin, or similar instrument, in order to deaden or soften the tone.
Muteadjective
Not speaking; uttering no sound; silent.
Muteadjective
Incapable of speaking; dumb.
Muteadjective
Not uttered; unpronounced; silent; also, produced by complete closure of the mouth organs which interrupt the passage of breath; - said of certain letters. See 5th Mute, 2.
Muteadjective
Not giving a ringing sound when struck; - said of a metal.
Mutenoun
a deaf person who is unable to speak
Mutenoun
a device used to soften the tone of a musical instrument
Muteverb
deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
Muteadjective
expressed without speech; especially because words would be inappropriate or inadequate;
Muteadjective
lacking power of speech
Muteadjective
unable to speak because of hereditary deafness
