baffle-v; 2 Senses

Sense Number 1: (Cause to) be a mystery or bewildering to, possibly resulting in a hinderence to some form of progress.

Examples:
The question really baffles me.
You must baffle your opponent at every turn.
We're totally baffled by these problems and don't know how to proceed.

Mappings:
VerbNet: amuse-31.1
FrameNet: Experiencer_obj
PropBank: NP
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 2

Sense Number 2: Stop or hinder the emission of sound.

Examples:
It was impossible to baffle the sound.
Baffle your sister - I can't hear myself think!
We should baffle the engine.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NP
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3