'Muzzle' definitions:
Definition of 'muzzle'
(from WordNet)
noun
The open circular discharging end of a gun [syn: gun muzzle, muzzle]
noun
Forward projecting part of the head of certain animals; includes the jaws and nose
noun
A leather or wire restraint that fits over an animal's snout (especially a dog's nose and jaws) and prevents it from eating or biting
noun
Restraint put into a person's mouth to prevent speaking or shouting [syn: gag, muzzle]
verb
Fit with a muzzle; "muzzle the dog to prevent it from biting strangers" [ant: unmuzzle]
verb
Prevent from speaking out; "The press was gagged" [syn: gag, muzzle]
verb
Tie a gag around someone's mouth in order to silence them; "The burglars gagged the home owner and tied him to a chair" [syn: gag, muzzle]
Definition of 'Muzzle'
From: GCIDE
- Muzzle \Muz"zle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Muzzled; p. pr. & vb. n. Muzzling.] [F. museler.]
- 1. To bind the mouth of; to fasten the mouth of, so as to prevent biting or eating; hence, figuratively, to bind; to sheathe; to restrain from speech or action; as, the dictator muzzled all the newspapers. "My dagger muzzled." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn. --Deut. xxv. 4. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To fondle with the closed mouth. [Obs.] --L'Estrange. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Muzzle'
From: GCIDE
- Muzzle \Muz"zle\, n. [OE. mosel, OF. musel, F. museau muzzle or snout, LL. musellus, fr. musus, morsus. See Muse, v. i., and cf. Morsel.]
- 1. The projecting mouth and nose of a quadruped, as of a horse; a snout. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The mouth of a thing; the end for entrance or discharge; as, the muzzle of a gun. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A fastening or covering (as a band or cage) for the mouth of an animal, to prevent eating or vicious biting. [1913 Webster]
- With golden muzzles all their mouths were bound --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- Muzzle sight. (Gun.) See Dispart, n., 2. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Muzzle'
From: GCIDE
- Muzzle \Muz"zle\, v. i. To bring the mouth or muzzle near. [1913 Webster]
- The bear muzzles and smells to him. --L'Estrange. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'muzzle'
From: Easton
- Muzzle Grain in the East is usually thrashed by the sheaves being spread out on a floor, over which oxen and cattle are driven to and fro, till the grain is trodden out. Moses ordained that the ox was not to be muzzled while thrashing. It was to be allowed to eat both the grain and the straw (Deut. 25:4). (See AGRICULTURE.)
Synonyms of 'muzzle'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acoustic tile,
- antiknock,
- antlia,
- asphyxiate,
- baffler,
- bazoo,
- beak,
- beezer,
- bilbo,
- bill,
- bond,
- bonds,
- bottle up,
- bridle,
- bugle,
- camisole,
- censor,
- chains,
- chaps,
- choke,
- choke off,
- chops,
- clamp down on,
- collar,
- conk,
- cork,
- cork up,
- countenance,
- crack down on,
- crush,
- cuffs,
- cushion,
- damp,
- damp down,
- dampener,
- damper,
- deflate,
- dial,
- disarm,
- drown,
- dumbfound,
- embouchure,
- enchain,
- extinguish,
- face,
- features,
- fetter,
- gab,
- gag,
- gob,
- gyves,
- halter,
- hamper,
- hamstring,
- handcuff,
- handcuffs,
- hobble,
- hobbles,
- hog-tie,
- hold down,
- hopples,
- hush,
- hush-hush,
- hushcloth,
- irons,
- jaw,
- jaws,
- jowls,
- jump on,
- keep down,
- keep under,
- kill,
- kisser,
- knock out,
- leading strings,
- leash,
- lips,
- manacle,
- mandibles,
- map,
- maw,
- maxilla,
- mouth,
- muffle,
- muffler,
- mug,
- mush,
- mute,
- nares,
- neb,
- nib,
- nose,
- nostrils,
- nozzle,
- olfactory organ,
- oral cavity,
- Oregon boat,
- paralyze,
- pecker,
- phiz,
- pillory,
- pour water on,
- premaxilla,
- proboscis,
- prostrate,
- puss,
- put down,
- put to silence,
- quash,
- quell,
- quench,
- quiet,
- quieten,
- quietener,
- reins,
- repress,
- restraint,
- restraints,
- rhinarium,
- rostrum,
- schnozzle,
- shackle,
- shush,
- shut down on,
- silence,
- silence cloth,
- silencer,
- sit down on,
- sit on,
- smash,
- smeller,
- smother,
- snoot,
- snout,
- soft pedal,
- soft-pedal,
- sordine,
- sordino,
- sound-absorbing material,
- soundproofing,
- soundproofing insulation,
- sourdine,
- squash,
- squelch,
- stanch,
- stifle,
- still,
- stocks,
- straightjacket,
- strait-waistcoat,
- straitjacket,
- strangle,
- stranglehold,
- strike dumb,
- stultify,
- subdue,
- suffocate,
- suppress,
- tether,
- throttle,
- trammel,
- trammels,
- trap,
- trunk,
- truss up,
- visage,
- yap,
- yoke