| silence | (noun) the absence of sound | Synonyms: quiet |
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| (noun) a refusal to speak when expected | Synonyms: muteness |
| (noun) the trait of keeping things secret | Synonyms: secrecy, secretiveness |
| (noun) the state of being silent (as when no one is speaking) | - |
| (verb) cause to be quiet or not talk | Synonyms: hush, hush up, quieten, shut up, still |
| (verb) keep from expression, for example by threats or pressure | - |
| silenced | (adjective) reduced to silence | - |
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| silencer | (noun) a tubular acoustic device inserted in the exhaust system that is designed to reduce noise | Synonyms: muffler |
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| (noun) short tube attached to the muzzle of a gun that deadens the sound of firing | - |
| silene | (noun) any plant of the genus Silene | Synonyms: campion, catchfly |
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| silent | (adjective) implied by or inferred from actions or statements | Synonyms: tacit, understood |
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| (adjective) unable to speak because of hereditary deafness | Synonyms: dumb, mute |
| (adjective) having a frequency below or above the range of human audibility | - |
| (adjective) marked by absence of sound | Synonyms: soundless, still |
| (adjective) failing to speak or communicate etc when expected to | Synonyms: mum |
| (adjective) not made to sound | Synonyms: unsounded |
| (adjective) expressed without speech | Synonyms: mute, tongueless, unspoken, wordless |
| silently | (adverb) without speaking | Synonyms: mutely, taciturnly, wordlessly |
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| silents | (noun) a movie without a soundtrack | Synonyms: silent movie, silent picture |
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| silenus | (noun) any of the minor woodland deities who were companions of Dionysus (similar to the satyrs) | - |
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| silesia | (noun) a sturdy twill-weave cotton fabric; used for pockets and linings | - |
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| silex | (noun) a pure form of finely ground silica | - |
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