silence

Roget category 403

3. Words relating to matter
› 3.3. Organic matter
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#403. Silence

noun

silence — stillness etc. (quiet) 265 — peace, hush, lull — muteness etc. 581 — solemn silence, awful silence, dead silence, deathlike silence.

verb

be silent etc. adj. — hold one's tongue etc. (not speak) 585.
render silent etc. adj. — silence, still, hush — stifle, muffle, stop — muzzle, put to silence etc. (render mute) 581.

adjective

silent — still, stilly — noiseless, soundless — hushed etc. v. — mute etc. 581.
soft, solemn, awful, deathlike, silent as the grave — inaudible etc. (faint) 405.

adverb

silently etc. adj. — sub silentio [Lat.].

interjection

hush!, silence!, soft!, whist!, tush!, chut! ^†, tut!, pax! [Lat.], be quiet!, be silent!, be still!, shut up! [Slang] — chup! ^†, chup rao! ^†, tace! [It],

phrase

one might hear a feather drop, one might hear a pin drop, so quiet you could hear a pin drop — grosse Seelen dulden still [G.] — le silence est la vertu de ceux qui ne sont pas le silence est la vertu de ceux qui ne sont pas sages [Fr.] — le silence est le parti le plus sar de celui se le silence est le parti le plus sar de celui se d_efie de soi-meme [Fr.] — silence more musical than any song" [C.G. Rossetti]; tacent satis laudant [Lat.] — better to be silent and thought a fool than to speak better to be silent and thought a fool than to speak up and remove all doubt.

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