1) to close the mouth with a muzzle, to muzzle
2) metaphorically
2a) to stop the mouth, make speechless, reduce to silence
2b) to become speechless
3) to be kept in check
Part of Speech: verb
G5392
From φιμός phimos (a muzzle); to muzzle: - muzzle.
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| c cease to make sound | 14.86 |
| say nothing | 33.122 |
| b put to silence | 33.123 |
| a muzzle | 44.6 |
These two sites give similar information, with the definition from several dictionaries and statistics on the use of the word.
University of Chicago's Logion lexicon
Thayer's dictionary plus other information.
From this site's dictionary (in Italian)
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