shush
English
Verb
(onomatopoeia) To be quiet; to keep quiet.
- He wouldn’t shush so I kicked him.
(onomatopoeia, transitive, or, intransitive) To ask someone to be quiet, especially by saying (m).
- The boy in front of us was making too much noise, so we shushed him.
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silence
English
Noun
(wikipedia silence )
(en-noun)
The lack of any sound.
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The act of refraining from speaking.
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*
, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=5
, passage=Then we relapsed into a discomfited silence , and wished we were anywhere else. But Miss Thorn relieved the situation by laughing aloud, and with such a hearty enjoyment that instead of getting angry and more mortified we began to laugh ourselves, and instantly felt better.}}
* D. Webster
- The administration itself keeps a profound silence .
Form of meditative worship practiced by the Society of Friends (Quakers); meeting for worship.
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Derived terms
* blue wall of silence
* cone of silence
* conspiracy of silence
* deafening silence
* moment of silence
* radio silence
* silence is golden
* tower of silence
* two-minute silence
* vow of silence
* wall of silence
Verb
(silenc)
To make (someone or something) silent.
- Can you silence the crowd, so we can start the show?
To suppress criticism, etc.
- Silence the critics.
- Silence the doubters.
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=December 19
, author=Kerry Brown
, title=Kim Jong-il obituary
, work=The Guardian
citation
, page=
, passage=A state ideology, mixing nationalism, and basic Marxist economics, going under the name “Juche”, was constructed, and Kim Il-sung effectively silenced , disposed of and cleared away any opposition, isolating the country and exercising an iron grip on the military, the state media and the government and party organs.}}
(Molecular biology) To block gene expression.
See also
* quiet, noise, loud, deaf, audible.
Interjection
(en interjection )
A common imperative instructing the addressed to remain silent.
* Silence ! Enough of your insolence!
Synonyms
* be quiet!
* hush!
* whist!
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