"be silent" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: is silent [present, singular, third-person], being silent [participle, present], was silent [past], been silent [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|be<is,being,was,been> silent}} be silent (third-person singular simple present is silent, present participle being silent, simple past was silent, past participle been silent)
  1. To refrain from speaking; to say nothing. (This entry is a translation hub.) Translations (refrain from speaking): swyg (Afrikaans), shuj (Albanian), σιγάω (sigáō) (Ancient Greek), صَمَتَ (ṣamata) (Arabic), سَكَتَ (sakata) (Arabic), լռել (lṙel) (Armenian), susmaq (Azerbaijani), маўча́ць (maŭčácʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), мълча́ (mǎlčá) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), ဆိတ် (hcit) (Burmese), 緘默 (Chinese Mandarin), 缄默 (jiānmò) (Chinese Mandarin), 沉默 (chénmò) (Chinese Mandarin), мльчати (mlĭčati) [Cyrillic, imperfective] (Church Slavic), mlčet [imperfective] (Czech), tie (Danish), zwijgen (Dutch), vaikima (Estonian), tiga (Faroese), vaieta (Finnish), olla hiljaa (Finnish), se taire (French), გაჩუმდება (gačumdeba) (Georgian), schweigen (German), still sein (German), 𐌸𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽 (þahan) (Gothic), σωπαίνω (sopaíno) (Greek), nipaappoq (Greenlandic), שָׁתַק (shaták) (Hebrew), चुप्पी लगाना (cuppī lagānā) (Hindi), चुप रहना (cup rahnā) (Hindi), चुप लगाना (cup lagānā) (Hindi), hallgat (Hungarian), csendben van (Hungarian), csendben marad (Hungarian), þegja (Icelandic), tost (Irish), tacere (Italian), 黙る (damaru) (alt: だまる) (Japanese), 沈黙する (chinmoku suru) (alt: ちんもくする) (Japanese), môłczec [imperfective] (Kashubian), үндемеу (ündemeu) (Kazakh), сөйлемеу (söilemeu) (Kazakh), айтпау (aitpau) (Kazakh), 조용히 하다 (joyonghi hada) (Korean), 침묵하다 (chimmukhada) (Korean), 말하지 않다 (malhaji anta) (Korean), унчукпоо (uncukpoo) (Kyrgyz), үндөбөө (ündöböö) (Kyrgyz), сүйлөбөө (süylöböö) (Kyrgyz), ນິ້ງ (ning) (Lao), ງຽບ (ngīap) (Lao), taceo (Latin), klusēt (Latvian), tylėti (Lithuanian), mjelcaś [imperfective] (Lower Sorbian), молчи (molči) [imperfective] (Macedonian), ќути (ḱuti) [imperfective] (Macedonian), swīen (Middle English), чимээгүй суух (čimeegüj suux) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), амаа үдэх (amaa üdex) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), tie (Norwegian Bokmål), мълчати (mŭlčati) [imperfective] (Old East Slavic), swīgian (Old English), چوپېدل (čupedǝ́l) (Pashto), خوله نيول (xwlǝ́niwǝ́l) (Pashto), غلي کېدل (ǧǝ́likedǝ́l) (Pashto), کمڼېدل (kamaṇedǝ́l) (Pashto), خاموش شدن (xâmuš šodan) (Persian), ساکت شدن (sâket šodan) (Persian), milczeć [imperfective] (Polish), calar-se (Portuguese), a tăcea (Romanian), молча́ть (molčátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), безмо́лвствовать (bezmólvstvovatʹ) [imperfective, literary] (Russian), му́чати [Cyrillic, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), ћу́тати [Cyrillic, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), ћу́тјети [Cyrillic, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), múčati [Roman, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), ćútati [Roman, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), ćútjeti [Roman, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), mlčať [imperfective] (Slovak), molčati [imperfective] (Slovene), callarse (Spanish), tiga (Swedish), vara tyst (Swedish), хомӯш будан (xomüš budan) (Tajik), сукут кардан (sukut kardan) (Tajik), хомӯш шудан (xomüš šudan) (Tajik), сукут шудан (sukut šudan) (Tajik), дәшмәскә (däşmäskä) (Tatar), นิ่ง (nîng) (Thai), เงียบ (ngîiap) (Thai), เงียบขรึม (ngîiap-krʉ̌m) (Thai), susmak (Turkish), мовча́ти (movčáty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), mjelčeć [imperfective] (Upper Sorbian), sukut qilmoq (Uzbek), jim turmoq (Uzbek), im lặng (Vietnamese), lặng thinh (Vietnamese), tewi (Welsh), שווײַגן (shvaygn) (Yiddish)

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "refrain from speaking",
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          "sense": "refrain from speaking",
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          "sense": "refrain from speaking",
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          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "refrain from speaking",
          "word": "susmaq"
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          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "maŭčácʹ",
          "sense": "refrain from speaking",
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        {
          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "hcit",
          "sense": "refrain from speaking",
          "word": "ဆိတ်"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "refrain from speaking",
          "word": "緘默"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "jiānmò",
          "sense": "refrain from speaking",
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          "code": "cmn",
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          "roman": "chénmò",
          "sense": "refrain from speaking",
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "refrain from speaking",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "mlčet"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "refrain from speaking",
          "word": "tie"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "refrain from speaking",
          "word": "zwijgen"
        },
        {
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "refrain from speaking",
          "word": "vaikima"
        },
        {
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "refrain from speaking",
          "word": "tiga"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "refrain from speaking",
          "word": "vaieta"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "refrain from speaking",
          "word": "olla hiljaa"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "refrain from speaking",
          "word": "se taire"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "gačumdeba",
          "sense": "refrain from speaking",
          "word": "გაჩუმდება"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "refrain from speaking",
          "word": "schweigen"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "refrain from speaking",
          "word": "still sein"
        },
        {
          "code": "got",
          "lang": "Gothic",
          "roman": "þahan",
          "sense": "refrain from speaking",
          "word": "𐌸𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "sopaíno",
          "sense": "refrain from speaking",
          "word": "σωπαίνω"
        },
        {
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "sigáō",
          "sense": "refrain from speaking",
          "word": "σιγάω"
        },
        {
          "code": "kl",
          "lang": "Greenlandic",
          "sense": "refrain from speaking",
          "word": "nipaappoq"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "shaták",
          "sense": "refrain from speaking",
          "word": "שָׁתַק"
        },
        {
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "cuppī lagānā",
          "sense": "refrain from speaking",
          "word": "चुप्पी लगाना"
        },
        {
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "cup rahnā",
          "sense": "refrain from speaking",
          "word": "चुप रहना"
        },
        {
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "cup lagānā",
          "sense": "refrain from speaking",
          "word": "चुप लगाना"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "refrain from speaking",
          "word": "hallgat"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "refrain from speaking",
          "word": "csendben van"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "refrain from speaking",
          "word": "csendben marad"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "refrain from speaking",
          "word": "þegja"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "refrain from speaking",
          "word": "tost"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "refrain from speaking",
          "word": "tacere"
        },
        {
          "alt": "だまる",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "damaru",
          "sense": "refrain from speaking",
          "word": "黙る"
        },
        {
          "alt": "ちんもくする",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "chinmoku suru",
          "sense": "refrain from speaking",
          "word": "沈黙する"
        },
        {
          "code": "csb",
          "lang": "Kashubian",
          "sense": "refrain from speaking",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "môłczec"
        },
        {
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "ündemeu",
          "sense": "refrain from speaking",
          "word": "үндемеу"
        },
        {
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "söilemeu",
          "sense": "refrain from speaking",
          "word": "сөйлемеу"
        },
        {
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "aitpau",
          "sense": "refrain from speaking",
          "word": "айтпау"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "joyonghi hada",
          "sense": "refrain from speaking",
          "word": "조용히 하다"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "chimmukhada",
          "sense": "refrain from speaking",
          "word": "침묵하다"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "malhaji anta",
          "sense": "refrain from speaking",
          "word": "말하지 않다"
        },
        {
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "uncukpoo",
          "sense": "refrain from speaking",
          "word": "унчукпоо"
        },
        {
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "ündöböö",
          "sense": "refrain from speaking",
          "word": "үндөбөө"
        },
        {
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "süylöböö",
          "sense": "refrain from speaking",
          "word": "сүйлөбөө"
        },
        {
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "ning",
          "sense": "refrain from speaking",
          "word": "ນິ້ງ"
        },
        {
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "ngīap",
          "sense": "refrain from speaking",
          "word": "ງຽບ"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "refrain from speaking",
          "word": "taceo"
        },
        {
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "refrain from speaking",
          "word": "klusēt"
        },
        {
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "refrain from speaking",
          "word": "tylėti"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "molči",
          "sense": "refrain from speaking",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "молчи"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "ḱuti",
          "sense": "refrain from speaking",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "ќути"
        },
        {
          "code": "enm",
          "lang": "Middle English",
          "sense": "refrain from speaking",
          "word": "swīen"
        },
        {
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "čimeegüj suux",
          "sense": "refrain from speaking",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "чимээгүй суух"
        },
        {
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "amaa üdex",
          "sense": "refrain from speaking",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "амаа үдэх"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "refrain from speaking",
          "word": "tie"
        },
        {
          "code": "cu",
          "lang": "Church Slavic",
          "roman": "mlĭčati",
          "sense": "refrain from speaking",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "мльчати"
        },
        {
          "code": "orv",
          "lang": "Old East Slavic",
          "roman": "mŭlčati",
          "sense": "refrain from speaking",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "мълчати"
        },
        {
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "refrain from speaking",
          "word": "swīgian"
        },
        {
          "code": "ps",
          "lang": "Pashto",
          "roman": "čupedǝ́l",
          "sense": "refrain from speaking",
          "word": "چوپېدل"
        },
        {
          "code": "ps",
          "lang": "Pashto",
          "roman": "xwlǝ́niwǝ́l",
          "sense": "refrain from speaking",
          "word": "خوله نيول"
        },
        {
          "code": "ps",
          "lang": "Pashto",
          "roman": "ǧǝ́likedǝ́l",
          "sense": "refrain from speaking",
          "word": "غلي کېدل"
        },
        {
          "code": "ps",
          "lang": "Pashto",
          "roman": "kamaṇedǝ́l",
          "sense": "refrain from speaking",
          "word": "کمڼېدل"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "xâmuš šodan",
          "sense": "refrain from speaking",
          "word": "خاموش شدن"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "sâket šodan",
          "sense": "refrain from speaking",
          "word": "ساکت شدن"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "refrain from speaking",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "milczeć"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "refrain from speaking",
          "word": "calar-se"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "refrain from speaking",
          "word": "a tăcea"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "molčátʹ",
          "sense": "refrain from speaking",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "молча́ть"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "bezmólvstvovatʹ",
          "sense": "refrain from speaking",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective",
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "безмо́лвствовать"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "refrain from speaking",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "му́чати"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "refrain from speaking",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "ћу́тати"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "refrain from speaking",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "ћу́тјети"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "refrain from speaking",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "múčati"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "refrain from speaking",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "ćútati"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "refrain from speaking",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "ćútjeti"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "refrain from speaking",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "mlčať"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "refrain from speaking",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "molčati"
        },
        {
          "code": "dsb",
          "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
          "sense": "refrain from speaking",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "mjelcaś"
        },
        {
          "code": "hsb",
          "lang": "Upper Sorbian",
          "sense": "refrain from speaking",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "mjelčeć"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "refrain from speaking",
          "word": "callarse"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "refrain from speaking",
          "word": "tiga"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "refrain from speaking",
          "word": "vara tyst"
        },
        {
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "xomüš budan",
          "sense": "refrain from speaking",
          "word": "хомӯш будан"
        },
        {
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "sukut kardan",
          "sense": "refrain from speaking",
          "word": "сукут кардан"
        },
        {
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "xomüš šudan",
          "sense": "refrain from speaking",
          "word": "хомӯш шудан"
        },
        {
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "sukut šudan",
          "sense": "refrain from speaking",
          "word": "сукут шудан"
        },
        {
          "code": "tt",
          "lang": "Tatar",
          "roman": "däşmäskä",
          "sense": "refrain from speaking",
          "word": "дәшмәскә"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "nîng",
          "sense": "refrain from speaking",
          "word": "นิ่ง"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "ngîiap",
          "sense": "refrain from speaking",
          "word": "เงียบ"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "ngîiap-krʉ̌m",
          "sense": "refrain from speaking",
          "word": "เงียบขรึม"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "refrain from speaking",
          "word": "susmak"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "movčáty",
          "sense": "refrain from speaking",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "мовча́ти"
        },
        {
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "refrain from speaking",
          "word": "sukut qilmoq"
        },
        {
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "refrain from speaking",
          "word": "jim turmoq"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "refrain from speaking",
          "word": "im lặng"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "refrain from speaking",
          "word": "lặng thinh"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "refrain from speaking",
          "word": "tewi"
        },
        {
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "shvaygn",
          "sense": "refrain from speaking",
          "word": "שווײַגן"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "be silent"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "speak"
    },
    {
      "word": "talk"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "is silent",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "being silent",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "was silent",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "been silent",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "be<is,being,was,been> silent"
      },
      "expansion": "be silent (third-person singular simple present is silent, present participle being silent, simple past was silent, past participle been silent)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English verbs",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
        "Translation hubs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To refrain from speaking; to say nothing. (This entry is a translation hub.)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "refrain",
          "refrain"
        ],
        [
          "speak",
          "speak"
        ],
        [
          "translation hub",
          "Appendix:Glossary#translation_hub"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "word": "swyg"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "word": "shuj"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ṣamata",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "word": "صَمَتَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "sakata",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "word": "سَكَتَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "lṙel",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "word": "լռել"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "word": "susmaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "maŭčácʹ",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "маўча́ць"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "mǎlčá",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "мълча́"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "hcit",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "word": "ဆိတ်"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "word": "緘默"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiānmò",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "word": "缄默"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chénmò",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "word": "沉默"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "mlčet"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "word": "tie"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "word": "zwijgen"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "word": "vaikima"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "word": "tiga"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "word": "vaieta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "word": "olla hiljaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "word": "se taire"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "gačumdeba",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "word": "გაჩუმდება"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "word": "schweigen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "word": "still sein"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "þahan",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "word": "𐌸𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "sopaíno",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "word": "σωπαίνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "sigáō",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "word": "σιγάω"
    },
    {
      "code": "kl",
      "lang": "Greenlandic",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "word": "nipaappoq"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "shaták",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "word": "שָׁתַק"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "cuppī lagānā",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "word": "चुप्पी लगाना"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "cup rahnā",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "word": "चुप रहना"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "cup lagānā",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "word": "चुप लगाना"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "word": "hallgat"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "word": "csendben van"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "word": "csendben marad"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "word": "þegja"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "word": "tost"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "word": "tacere"
    },
    {
      "alt": "だまる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "damaru",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "word": "黙る"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ちんもくする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "chinmoku suru",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "word": "沈黙する"
    },
    {
      "code": "csb",
      "lang": "Kashubian",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "môłczec"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "ündemeu",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "word": "үндемеу"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "söilemeu",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "word": "сөйлемеу"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "aitpau",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "word": "айтпау"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "joyonghi hada",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "word": "조용히 하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "chimmukhada",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "word": "침묵하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "malhaji anta",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "word": "말하지 않다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "uncukpoo",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "word": "унчукпоо"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "ündöböö",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "word": "үндөбөө"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "süylöböö",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "word": "сүйлөбөө"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "ning",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "word": "ນິ້ງ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "ngīap",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "word": "ງຽບ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "word": "taceo"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "word": "klusēt"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "word": "tylėti"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "molči",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "молчи"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "ḱuti",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "ќути"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "word": "swīen"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "čimeegüj suux",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "чимээгүй суух"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "amaa üdex",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "амаа үдэх"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "word": "tie"
    },
    {
      "code": "cu",
      "lang": "Church Slavic",
      "roman": "mlĭčati",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "мльчати"
    },
    {
      "code": "orv",
      "lang": "Old East Slavic",
      "roman": "mŭlčati",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "мълчати"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "word": "swīgian"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "čupedǝ́l",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "word": "چوپېدل"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "xwlǝ́niwǝ́l",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "word": "خوله نيول"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "ǧǝ́likedǝ́l",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "word": "غلي کېدل"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "kamaṇedǝ́l",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "word": "کمڼېدل"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "xâmuš šodan",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "word": "خاموش شدن"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "sâket šodan",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "word": "ساکت شدن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "milczeć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "word": "calar-se"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "word": "a tăcea"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "molčátʹ",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "молча́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bezmólvstvovatʹ",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "безмо́лвствовать"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "му́чати"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "ћу́тати"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "ћу́тјети"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "múčati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "ćútati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "ćútjeti"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "mlčať"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "molčati"
    },
    {
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "mjelcaś"
    },
    {
      "code": "hsb",
      "lang": "Upper Sorbian",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "mjelčeć"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "word": "callarse"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "word": "tiga"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "word": "vara tyst"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "xomüš budan",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "word": "хомӯш будан"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "sukut kardan",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "word": "сукут кардан"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "xomüš šudan",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "word": "хомӯш шудан"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "sukut šudan",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "word": "сукут шудан"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "däşmäskä",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "word": "дәшмәскә"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "nîng",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "word": "นิ่ง"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "ngîiap",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "word": "เงียบ"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "ngîiap-krʉ̌m",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "word": "เงียบขรึม"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "word": "susmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "movčáty",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "мовча́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "word": "sukut qilmoq"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "word": "jim turmoq"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "word": "im lặng"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "word": "lặng thinh"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "word": "tewi"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "shvaygn",
      "sense": "refrain from speaking",
      "word": "שווײַגן"
    }
  ],
  "word": "be silent"
}

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