The meaning of Silence

noun

An official who examines books, films, news, etc. that are about to be published and suppresses any parts that are considered obscene, politically unacceptable, or a threat to security.

Usage examples:

The report was approved by the military censors

verb

Examine (a book, film, etc.) officially and suppress unacceptable parts of it.

Usage examples:

The report had been censored ‘in the national interest’

verb

To remove parts of something, such as a book, movie, or letter, that you do not want someone to see or hear

Usage examples:

She opposes efforts to censor the internet.

noun

A piece of cloth put in or over a person's mouth to prevent them from speaking.

Usage examples:

They tied him up and put a gag in his mouth

verb

Put a gag on (someone).

Usage examples:

She was bound and gagged by robbers

verb

Tell jokes.

Usage examples:

They gagged about their sexual problems

verb

Make (someone) be quiet or stop talking.

Usage examples:

He placed a finger before pursed lips to hush her

noun

A silence.

Usage examples:

A hush descended over the crowd

noun

Quiet or silence, esp. after noise

Usage examples:

A hush fell over the crowd., hush! you’ll wake the baby!

noun

The projecting part of the face, including the nose and mouth, of an animal such as a dog or horse.

Usage examples:

She patted the horse's velvety muzzle

verb

Put a muzzle on (an animal).

Usage examples:

The dog should have been muzzled

noun

The mouth and nose of an animal, esp. a dog or a horse, or a covering put over this in order to prevent the animal from biting

Usage examples:

Frank will continue to muzzle his critics., dangerous dogs should be muzzled.

noun

Freedom from disturbance; tranquillity.

Usage examples:

He just wanted to drink a few beers in peace

exclamation

Used as a friendly greeting.

verb

Leave.

Usage examples:

I woke up at seven, thanked my host, and peaced out

noun

A state of being quiet and calm

Usage examples:

We love the freedom and peacefulness of our life here., a kind of peacefulness overcame him as he s…

adjective

Making little or no noise.

Usage examples:

The car has a quiet, economical engine

noun

Absence of noise or bustle; silence; calm.

Usage examples:

The ringing of the telephone shattered the early morning quiet

verb

Make or become silent, calm, or still.

Usage examples:

There are ways of quieting kids down

verb

Make or become quiet and calm.

Usage examples:

Her mother was trying to quieten her

verb

To (cause someone to) become calmer or less noisy

Usage examples:

The barking dogs quietened (down) when they recognized me.

noun

Absence of noise or bustle; calm.

Usage examples:

He loved the quietness and stillness of early summer days

noun

A state of stillness, calmness, and quiet in a person or place.

Usage examples:

It highlights her quietude and wise passivity

noun

A state of being calm and peaceful

Usage examples:

In many of his poems the poet reflects on the quietude of the countryside.

exclamation

Be quiet.

Usage examples:

Shush! do you want to wake everyone?

noun

A soft swishing or rustling sound.

Usage examples:

The ‘shush, shush, shush’ of a broom on the tent's groundsheet

verb

An utterance of ‘shush’.

Usage examples:

The thumps were followed by shushes from the aunts

verb

Make (someone) unable to breathe properly; suffocate.

Usage examples:

Those in the streets were stifled by the fumes

noun

A joint in the legs of horses, dogs, and other animals, equivalent to the knee in humans.

Usage examples:

At necropsy all stifle joints were stable to an anterior drawer force with no significant limitatio…

verb

Impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of

adjective

Not moving or making a sound.

Usage examples:

The still body of the young man

noun

Deep silence and calm; stillness.

Usage examples:

The still of the night

adverb

Up to and including the present or the time mentioned; even now (or then) as formerly.

Usage examples:

He still lives with his mother

noun

The absence of movement or sound.

Usage examples:

Absolute stillness greeted our gaze

noun

Total lack of movement or changing of position

Usage examples:

They gazed into the stillness of the water., something about her stillness, her absolute focus, cal…

verb

(of an event, action, or process) come to an end; cease to happen.

Usage examples:

His laughter stopped as quickly as it had begun

noun

A cessation of movement or operation.

Usage examples:

All business came to a stop

verb

Have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense

verb

Forcibly put an end to.

Usage examples:

The rising was savagely suppressed

verb

To end something by force

Usage examples:

He either has to begin reforms, or he has to suppress the opposition., he was accused of suppressin…

verb

To prevent something from being seen or expressed

Usage examples:

Any decisions to suppress information would have been made by senior managers, not by shareholders.…

noun

The quality or state of being tranquil; calm.

Usage examples:

Passing cars are the only noise that disturbs the tranquillity of rural life

noun

A peaceful, calm state, without noise, violence, worry, etc.

Usage examples:

Living in peace and tranquillity, i love the tranquillity of the countryside.