dumb

DUMB, adjective Dum.1. Mute; silent; not speaking.I was dumb with silence; I held my peace. Psalms 34:1.2. Destitute of the power of speech; unable to utter articulate sounds; as the dumb brutes. The asylum at Hartford in Connecticut was the first institution in America for teaching the deaf and dumb to read and write.3. Mute; not using or accompanied with speech; as a dumb show; dumb signs.To strike dumb is to confound; to astonish; to render silent by astonishment; or it may be, to deprive of the power of speech.DUMB, verb transitive To silence