muffles is a form of:

Muffle



verbpast tense: muffled ; past participle: muffled ; present participle: muffling ;
1.
(TRANSITIVE) ~ somebody something (up) (in something) (to wrap up so as to hide, etc., to cover in order to deaden sound) muffle sound ខ្ទប់បិទ ។ល។ បង្អន់សូរ
Example: Mother muffled the telephone so that it would not wake the baby if it rang, Danais voice sounded muffled because of his cold, mother muffled Baby up to keep her warm.muffle the face រុំ, ហ៊ុំ
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
1.
The bare end of the nose between the nostrils; -- used esp. of ruminants.
2.
An earthenware compartment or oven, often shaped like a half cylinder, used in furnaces to protect objects heated from the direct action of the fire, as in scorification of ores, cupellation of ore buttons, etc.
3.
A small oven for baking and fixing the colors of painted or printed pottery, without exposing the pottery to the flames of the furnace or kiln.
4.
A pulley block containing several sheaves.
verbpast tense: muffled ; past participle: muffled ; present participle: muffling ;
1.
(TRANSITIVE) To wrap up in something that conceals or protects; to wrap, as the face and neck, in thick and disguising folds; hence, to conceal or cover the face of; to envelop; to inclose; -- often with up.
2.
(TRANSITIVE) To prevent seeing, or hearing, or speaking, by wraps bound about the head; to blindfold; to deafen.
3.
(TRANSITIVE) To wrap with something that dulls or deadens the sound of; as, to muffle the strings of a drum, or that part of an oar which rests in the rowlock.
4.
(INTRANSITIVE) To speak indistinctly, or without clear articulation.
5.
(TRANSITIVE) Anything with which another thing, as an oar or drum, is muffled; also, a boxing glove; a muff.