Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of silence is as below...

Silence :: Silence (n.) The cessation of rage, agitation, or tumilt; calmness; quiest; as, the elements were reduced to silence..

Preserve :: Preserve (v. t.) To maintain throughout; to keep intact; as, to preserve appearances; to preserve silence..

Dumbness :: Dumbness (n.) The quality or state of being dumb; muteness; silence; inability to speak.

Silenced :: Silenced (imp. & p. p.) of Silenc.

Quietus :: Quietus (a.) Final discharge or acquittance, as from debt or obligation; that which silences claims; (Fig.) rest; death..

Silence :: Silence (v. t.) To compel to silence; to cause to be still; to still; to hush.

Hist :: Hist (interj.) Hush; be silent; -- a signal for silence.

Respectuous :: Respectuous (a.) Respectful; as, a respectuous silence..

Confute :: Confute (v. t.) To overwhelm by argument; to refute conclusively; to prove or show to be false or defective; to overcome; to silence.

Dumbly :: Dumbly (adv.) In silence; mutely.

Gag :: Gag (v. t.) To stop the mouth of, by thrusting sometimes in, so as to hinder speaking; hence, to silence by authority or by violence; not to allow freedom of speech to..

Silent :: Silent (n.) That which is silent; a time of silence.

Silentiary :: Silentiary (n.) One appointed to keep silence and order in court; also, one sworn not to divulge secrets of state..

Oyez :: Oyez (interj.) Hear; attend; -- a term used by criers of courts to secure silence before making a proclamation. It is repeated three times.

Hush :: Hush (v. t.) To still; to silence; to calm; to make quiet; to repress the noise or clamor of.

Choke Pear :: Choke pear () A sarcasm by which one is put to silence; anything that can not be answered.

Silence :: Silence (v. t.) To cause to cease firing, as by a vigorous cannonade; as, to silence the batteries of an enemy..

Reticence :: Reticence (n.) The quality or state of being reticent, or keeping silence; the state of holding one's tonque; refraining to speak of that which is suggested; uncommunicativeness..

Interference :: Interference (n.) The mutual influence, under certain conditions, of two streams of light, or series of pulsations of sound, or, generally, two waves or vibrations of any kind, producing certain characteristic phenomena, as colored fringes, dark bands, or darkness, in the case of light, silence or increased intensity in sounds; neutralization or superposition of waves generally..

Silence :: Silence (n.) Forbearance from, or absence of, speech; taciturnity; muteness..

Random Fonts

Most Popular