mut

[ muht ]

/ mʌt /

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noun

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His boss, whom he admires, is waiting to meet with him about the big project.

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Words nearby mut

mustn't, must-read, must-see, must-win, musty, mut, mutability, mutable, mutable sign, mutagen, mutagenesis

Other definitions for mut (2 of 3)

mut²

[ muht ]

/ mʌt /

noun Printing.

mutton².

Origin of mut

By shortening

Other definitions for mut (3 of 3)

mut.

abbreviation

mutilated.

mutual.

How to use mut in a sentence

As long as these tenets are followed, Alidina thinks Mut'ah marriages provide an important physical outlet for young Muslims.
Islam's Sex Licenses|Betwa Sharma|April 29, 2009|DAILY BEAST
"I misused Mut'ah when I did it repeatedly and with several women," he says.
Islam's Sex Licenses|Betwa Sharma|April 29, 2009|DAILY BEAST
For Selman, Mut'ah is simply "a permission from God to have sexual relations."
Islam's Sex Licenses|Betwa Sharma|April 29, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Like permanent marriages in Islam, Mut'ah marriages are only allowed with other Muslims, Christians, and Jews.
Islam's Sex Licenses|Betwa Sharma|April 29, 2009|DAILY BEAST

He says Mut'ah leads to abandonment of pregnant women, unwanted babies, and destroys the purpose and sanctity of marriage.
Islam's Sex Licenses|Betwa Sharma|April 29, 2009|DAILY BEAST
They shud be kept on water an' rice in the hot weather; but there'd be a mut'ny av 'twas done.
Soldier Stories|Rudyard Kipling
And so some people say that this is not Pasht at all, but Mut herself, who was sometimes represented as lion-headed.
The Palace of Darkened Windows|Mary Hastings Bradley
The termination mut, in a substantive sense, means a village at the place or on the river to the name of which it is added (Dall).
North America|Israel C. Russell
We do not know the names of the artists who did the work, though we know that of the architect, Sen-mut, who planned the building.
Peeps at Many Lands: Ancient Egypt|James Baikie
Wilkinson only knew of one, in which the Queen Mut-neter of the eighteenth dynasty was represented.
A History of Art in Ancient Egypt, Vol. II (of 2)|Georges Perrot

British Dictionary definitions for mut

mut

/ (mʌt) /

noun

printing another word for em (def. 1)

Word Origin for mut

C20: shortened from mutton

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