"quiet down" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: quiets down [present, singular, third-person], quieting down [participle, present], quieted down [participle, past], quieted down [past]
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  1. (intransitive, US) To become quieter. Tags: US, intransitive Related terms: quieten down which is preferred usage in UK Translations (become quieter): هَدَأَ (hadaʔa) (Arabic), callar (Catalan), sammua (Ingrian), callar (Spanish)
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  2. (transitive, US) To make someone or something become quieter. Tags: US, transitive Translations (make someone or something become quieter): taire (French), calar (Galician), sammuttaa (Ingrian), acallar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-quiet_down-en-verb-39amCsMr Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "down", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Ingrian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 25 40 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "down": 38 27 35 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 37 29 34 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 37 27 36 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 38 27 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 38 27 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 38 27 35 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 37 28 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 38 27 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Ingrian translations: 38 27 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 38 27 35 Disambiguation of 'make someone or something become quieter': 27 72 1
  3. (intransitive, transitive, US) To diminish in intensity. Tags: US, intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-quiet_down-en-verb-pUKEK9YU Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "down", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Ingrian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 25 40 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "down": 38 27 35 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 37 29 34 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 37 27 36 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 38 27 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 38 27 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 38 27 35 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 37 28 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 38 27 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Ingrian translations: 38 27 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 38 27 35

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