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Look up: Silent

  1. silent
    [adj] - marked by absence of sound 2. [adj] - (of film) having no spoken dialogue and usually no soundtrack 3. [adj] - not made to sound 4. [adj] - having a frequency below or above the range of human audibility
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. silent
    a risk for premises without trade or where no machinery is used for manufacturing purposes Category: Insurance • a high strength spirit almost free of congenerics Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries • designed interval without signals which either precedes or follows the sending of an a.c.signal Category: News-systems and communication...
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  3. Silent
    Si'lent adjective [ Latin silens , - entis , present participle of silere to be silent; akin to Goth. ana- silan.] 1. Free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet. « How silent is this town!» Shak. 2. Not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn; not loquacious; not talkative. « Ulysses, adds he, ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/101

  4. Silent
    Si'lent noun That which is silent; a time of silence. [ R.] 'The silent of the night.' Shak.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/101

  5. silent
    Producing no detectable signs or symptoms, said of certain diseases or morbid processes. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  6. silent
    soundless adjective marked by absence of sound; `a silent house`; `soundless footsteps on the grass`; `the night was still`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  7. silent
    adjective having a frequency below or above the range of human audibility; `a silent dog whistle`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  8. silent
    adjective not made to sound; `the silent `h` at the beginning of `honor``; `in French certain letters are often unsounded`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  9. silent
    adjective unable to speak because of hereditary deafness
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  10. Silent
    Silent were a AOR (Arena Oriented Rock) band from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent

  11. Silent
    • (n.) That which is silent; a time of silence. • (a.) Free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet. • (a.) Not pronounced; having no sound; quiescent; as, e is silent in `fable.` • (a.) Keeping at rest; inactive; calm; undisturbed; as, the wind is silent. • (a.) Having no effect; not operating; inefficient. ...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  12. silent
    silent 1. Utterly quiet: lacking any noise or sound. 2. Not speaking or communicating at a particular time; especially, by choice. 3. Saying very little; not inclined to say much; such as, 'the strong silent type'. 4. Communicated without words or sound: 'She rolled her eyes in silent disbelief.' 5. Currently inactive or not operating; such as, a sile...
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  13. silent
    Producing no detectable signs or symptoms, said of certain diseases or morbid processes.
    Found on

  14. silent
    a noticeable pause or musical rest with all the value of a beat in highly rhythmic verse. An example is the caesura that appears at the end of the first lines in (spoken-aloud) nursery rhymes such as Ding dong bell, Pussy's in the well (Philip Davies Roberts, How Poetry Works: The Elements of English Poetry [Penguin, 1986]: 22-23, 33).
    Found on http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/display_r


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22 November 2009

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