📖 Определения и значения для слова silent
📒 where there is little or no sound; making little or no sound
- At last the traffic fell silent.
- The streets were silent and deserted.
- The new bus is virtually silent.
📒 not speaking
- to remain/stay/keep silent
- As the curtain rose, the audience fell silent.
- He gave me the silent treatment (= did not speak to me because he was angry).
📒 not expressed with words or sound
- a silent prayer/protest
- They nodded in silent agreement.
📒 written but not pronounced
- The ‘b’ in ‘lamb’ is silent.
📒 with pictures but no sound
- a silent film/movie
- stars of the silent screen
📒 not talking very much
- He's the strong silent type.
📒 not giving information about something; refusing to speak about something
- The report is strangely silent on this issue.
- the right to remain silent (= the legal right not to say anything when you are arrested)
- They had kept remarkably silent about their intentions.