silent
adj
1 characterized by an absence or near absence of noise or sound
a silent house
2 tending to speak very little or not at all
4 failing to speak, communicate, etc., when expected
the witness chose to remain silent
5 not spoken or expressed
silent assent
6 not active or in operation
a silent volcano
7 (of a letter) used in the conventional orthography of a word but no longer pronounced in that word
the ``k'' in ``know'' is silent
8 denoting a film that has no accompanying soundtrack, esp. one made before 1927, when such soundtracks were developed
n
9 a silent film (C16: from Latin silens, from silere to be quiet) ♦
silently adv ♦
silentness n
silent cop
n (Austral)
informal a small hemispherical traffic marker at an intersection
silent majority
n a presumed moderate majority of the citizens who are too passive to make their views known
silent partner
n another name (esp. U.S. and Canadian) for →
sleeping partner
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