"fall silent" meaning in English

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "falls silent",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "falling silent",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fell silent",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fell silent",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "fall<,,fell> silent"
      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Silence",
          "orig": "en:Silence",
          "parents": [
            "Sound",
            "Energy",
            "Nature",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2003, R.E.M. (lyrics and music), “The Great Beyond”, in In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988–2003:",
          "text": "I've seen the stars fall silent from your eyes / All the sights that I have seen",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To become quiet."
      ],
      "id": "en-fall_silent-en-verb-GoZfe8f7",
      "links": [
        [
          "quiet",
          "quiet"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "eksilenti"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "silentiĝi"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "elhallgat"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "elnémul"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "elcsendesedik"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "elcsendesül"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "hallgatásba burkolózik"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "þagna"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "ắng lại"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "fall silent"
}

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "falls silent",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "falling silent",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fell silent",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fell silent",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        {
          "ref": "2003, R.E.M. (lyrics and music), “The Great Beyond”, in In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988–2003:",
          "text": "I've seen the stars fall silent from your eyes / All the sights that I have seen",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To become quiet."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "quiet",
          "quiet"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "eksilenti"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "silentiĝi"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "elhallgat"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "elnémul"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "elcsendesedik"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "elcsendesül"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "hallgatásba burkolózik"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "þagna"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "ắng lại"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fall silent"
}