dumb animals

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• dumb´ness — dumb «duhm», adjective, verb. –adj. 1. not able to speak: »dumb animals. Helen Keller learned to speak; she was blind and deaf but not dumb. 2. silenced for the moment by fear, surprise, shyness, or other emotion: »She was struck dumb with… …   Useful english dictionary

• dumb´ly — dumb «duhm», adjective, verb. –adj. 1. not able to speak: »dumb animals. Helen Keller learned to speak; she was blind and deaf but not dumb. 2. silenced for the moment by fear, surprise, shyness, or other emotion: »She was struck dumb with… …   Useful english dictionary

• dumb animal — UK US noun [countable] [singular dumb animal plural dumb animals] any animal This word is used especially for emphasizing that people have a moral duty to protect animals . Thesaurus: general words for living thingssyn …   Useful english dictionary

• dumb — dəm adj 1) lacking the human power of speech <dumb animals> 2) of a person often offensive lacking the ability to speak dumb·ly dəm lē adv dumb·ness n …   Medical dictionary

• dumb — dumb1 S3 [dʌm] adj [: Old English;] 1.) informal stupid ▪ What a dumb question. ▪ a bunch of dumb kids ▪ What is it? I asked, playing dumb (=pretending to be stupid) . ▪ She s no dumb blonde (=a pretty woman with blonde hair who seems stupid) . 2 …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• dumb — adj. 1 a (of a person) unable to speak, usu. because of a congenital defect or deafness. b (of an animal) naturally unable to speak (our dumb friends). 2 silenced by surprise, shyness, etc. (struck dumb by this revelation). 3 taciturn or reticent …   Useful english dictionary

• dumb animal — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms dumb animal : singular dumb animal plural dumb animals any animal. This word is used especially for emphasizing that people have a moral duty to protect animals …   English dictionary

• dumb — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German tumb mute Date: before 12th century 1. a. lacking the human power of speech < dumb animals > b. of a person, often offensive lacking the ability to speak 2.… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• dumb — adj 1 Dumb, mute, speechless, inarticulate mean lacking the power to speak. Dumb and mute are often used interchangeably, but when used in distinction from each other, dumb implies an incapacity for speech (as in the case of animals and inanimate …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• dumb animal — noun count any animal. This word is used especially for emphasizing that people have a moral duty to protect animals …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• Dumb Bunnies — The Dumb Bunnies are a series of books created by Dav Pilkey under the pseudonym Sue Denim . They involve the adventures of a dumb family of bunnies. It was also adapted to a television program on CBS and YTV that ran in 1998 1999 and 2000 2006.… …   Wikipedia