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ALL meanings of silent

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  • adjective silent making no sound; quiet; still: a silent motor. 1
  • adjective silent refraining from speech. 1
  • adjective silent speechless; mute. 1
  • adjective silent not inclined to speak; taciturn; reticent. 1
  • adjective silent characterized by absence of speech or sound: a silent prayer. 1
  • adjective silent unspoken; tacit: a silent assent. 1
  • adjective silent omitting mention of something, as in a narrative: The records are silent about this crime. 1
  • adjective silent inactive or quiescent, as a volcano. 1
  • adjective silent not sounded or pronounced: The “b” in “doubt” is a silent letter. 1
  • adjective silent Movies. not having spoken dialogue or a soundtrack. 1
  • adjective silent Medicine/Medical. producing no symptoms: silent gallstones. 1
  • noun silent Usually, silents. silent films. 1
  • adjective silent without sound 1
  • adjective silent not talking 1
  • adjective silent film: without dialogue 1
  • adjective silent not expressed or spoken 1
  • adjective silent letter: not pronounced 1
  • noun silent film without soundtrack 1
  • adjective silent Someone who is silent is not speaking. 0
  • adjective silent If you describe someone as a silent person, you mean that they do not talk to people very much, and sometimes give the impression of being unfriendly. 0
  • adjective silent A place that is silent is completely quiet, with no sound at all. Something that is silent makes no sound at all. 0
  • graded adjective silent If someone is silent about something, they do not tell people anything about it, because they think it is a private matter or because they want to keep the information secret. 0
  • adjective silent A silent emotion or action is not expressed in speech. 0
  • adjective silent A silent film has pictures usually accompanied by music but does not have the actors' voices or any other sounds. 0
  • adjective silent A silent letter in a word is written but not pronounced. For example, the 'k' in the word 'know' is silent. 0
  • adjective silent characterized by an absence or near absence of noise or sound 0
  • adjective silent tending to speak very little or not at all 0
  • adjective silent unable to speak 0
  • adjective silent failing to speak, communicate, etc, when expected 0
  • adjective silent not spoken or expressed 0
  • adjective silent not active or in operation 0
  • adjective silent (of a letter) used in the conventional orthography of a word but no longer pronounced in that word 0
  • adjective silent denoting a film that has no accompanying soundtrack, esp one made before 1927, when such soundtracks were developed 0
  • noun silent a silent film 0
  • adjective silent making no vocal sound; not speaking; speechless; mute 0
  • adjective silent seldom speaking; saying little; not talkative 0
  • adjective silent free from, or not making, sound or noise; quiet; still; noiseless 0
  • adjective silent not spoken, uttered, or expressed 0
  • adjective silent included in the spelling of a word but with no part of the word's pronunciation corresponding directly to it 0
  • adjective silent withholding knowledge or omitting mention; uncommunicative 0
  • adjective silent not active 0
  • adjective silent designating or of films without a synchronized soundtrack 0
  • adjective silent not having noticeable symptoms 0
  • noun silent silent films 0
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