Definition of silent

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Silent (a.) Keeping at rest; inactive; calm; undisturbed; as, the wind is silent..

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Tacit :: Tacit (a.) Done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent; as, tacit consent is consent by silence, or by not interposing an objection..
Sulkies :: Sulky (n.) Moodly silent; sullen; sour; obstinate; morose; splenetic.
Soundless :: Soundless (a.) Having no sound; noiseless; silent.
Mum :: Mum (a.) Silent; not speaking.
Silentious :: Silentious (a.) Habitually silent; taciturn; reticent.
Silent :: Silent (a.) Keeping at rest; inactive; calm; undisturbed; as, the wind is silent..
Mute :: Mute (n.) A letter which represents no sound; a silent letter; also, a close articulation; an element of speech formed by a position of the mouth organs which stops the passage of the breath; as, p, b, d, k, t..
Still :: Still (adv.) Uttering no sound; silent; as, the audience is still; the animals are still..
Mumps :: Mumps (n.) Sullenness; silent displeasure; the sulks.
Mum-chance :: Mum-chance (n.) A silent, stupid person..
Obmutescence :: Obmutescence (n.) A keeping silent or mute.
Dummy :: Dummy (a.) Silent; mute; noiseless; as a dummy engine.
Quiet :: Quiet (v. i.) To become still, silent, or calm; -- often with down; as, be soon quieted down..
Q :: Q () the seventeenth letter of the English alphabet, has but one sound (that of k), and is always followed by u, the two letters together being sounded like kw, except in some words in which the u is silent. See Guide to Pronunciation, / 249. Q is not found in Anglo-Saxon, cw being used instead of qu; as in cwic, quick; cwen, queen. The name (k/) is from the French ku, which is from the Latin name of the same letter; its form is from the Latin, which derived it, through a Greek alphabet, from th
Taciturn :: Taciturn (a.) Habitually silent; not given to converse; not apt to talk or speak.
Still :: Still (adv.) Comparatively quiet or silent; soft; gentle; low.
Reticent :: Reticent (a.) Inclined to keep silent; reserved; uncommunicative.
Whist :: Whist (interj.) Be silent; be still; hush; silence.
Hush :: Hush (v. i.) To become or to keep still or quiet; to become silent; -- esp. used in the imperative, as an exclamation; be still; be silent or quiet; make no noise..
Mute :: Mute (a.) Not uttered; unpronounced; silent; also, produced by complete closure of the mouth organs which interrupt the passage of breath; -- said of certain letters. See 5th Mute, 2..
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