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clamming up
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | secret, reserved |
| Synonyms: | buttoning one's lip, buttoning up, clamming up, close-lipped, closemouthed, hidden, hush-hush, mum's the word, on the Q. T., private, reticent, retired, secluded, secretive, silent, taciturn, tight chops, tight-lipped, uncommunicative, unforthcoming, zipping one's lips |
| Antonyms: | open, unreserved |
| Main Entry: | silence |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make or be quiet |
| Synonyms: | choke off, clam, clam up, close up, cool it, cut off, cut short, dampen, deaden, decrease the volume, dry up, dull, dumb, dummy up, extinguish, gag, hold one's tongue, hush, hush one's mouth, hush-hush, keep it down, lull, muffle, mute, muzzle, overawe, pipe down, quash, quell, quiet, quiet down, quieten, say nothing, shush, shut up, sit on, soft-pedal, squelch, stifle, still, strike dumb, subdue, suppress, tongue-tie |
| Antonyms: | be noisy, communicate, talk |
| Main Entry: | stifle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prevent, restrain |
| Synonyms: | asphyxiate, black out, bring to screeching halt, burke, check, choke, choke back, clam up, clamp down, constipate, cork, cover up, crack down, curb, dry up, extinguish, gag, hold it down, hush, hush up, kill*, muffle, muzzle, put the lid on, repress, shut up, silence, sit on, smother, spike, squash, squelch, stagnate, stop, strangle, stultify, suffocate, suppress, torpedo, trammel |
| Antonyms: | encourage, help, persuade |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | withhold |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | keep back |
| Synonyms: | abstain, bridle, check, clam up, conceal, constrain, curb, deduct, deny, detain, disallow, dummy up, hide, hold, hold back, hold down, hold out, hold out on, inhibit, keep, keep secret, keep to oneself, keep under one's hat, keep under wraps, kill, refrain, refuse, repress, reserve, resist, restrain, retain, sit on, spike, stop oneself, suppress |
| Antonyms: | let go, release |
| Main Entry: | button one's lip |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | keep silent |
| Synonyms: | be silent, button up, clam up, keep one's trap shut, not let out a peep, say nothing, shut up |
| Main Entry: | quieten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | silence |
| Synonyms: | choke off, clam, clam up, close up, cool it, cut off, cut short, dampen, deaden, decrease the volume, dry up, dull, dumb, dummy up, extinguish, gag, hold one's tongue, hush, hush one's mouth, hush-hush, keep it down, lull, muffle, mute, muzzle, overawe, pipe down, quash, quell, quiet, quiet down, say nothing, shush, shut up, sit on, soft-pedal, squelch, stifle, still, strike dumb, subdue, suppress, tongue-tie |
| Main Entry: | shush |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | silence |
| Synonyms: | choke off, clam, clam up, close up, cool it, cut off, cut short, dampen, deaden, decrease the volume, dry up, dull, dumb, dummy up, extinguish, gag, hold one's tongue, hush, hush one's mouth, hush-hush, keep it down, lull, muffle, mute, muzzle, overawe, pipe down, quash, quell, quiet, quiet down, quieten, say nothing, shut up, sit on, soft-pedal, squelch, stifle, still, strike dumb, subdue, suppress, tongue-tie |
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| Main Entry: | silence |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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| Concept: | Silence. |
| Category: | 2. Sensation; special sensation; sound; sound in general |
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-nouns
silence; stillness (quiet); peace, hush, lull; muteness; solemn silence, awful silence, dead silence, deathlike silence.
-verbs
-adjectives
silent; still, stilly; noiseless, soundless; hushed; mute., soft, solemn, awful, deathlike, silent as the grave; inaudible (faint).
-adverbs
silently; sub silentio.
-phrases
one might hear a feather drop, one might hear a pin drop; grosse Seelen dulden still [German]; le silence est la vertu de ceux qui ne sont pas sages [French]; le silence est le parti le plus sar de celui se défie de soi-meme [French]; "silence more
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| Antonyms: | sound |
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