To stop speaking or making noise.
1It is a case of be silent or stand up, he said.
2The wood-pigeon in the fir trees could not be silent any longer.
3In the presence of tears I can neither speak nor be silent.
4He will be silent; he has the power to make her so.
5I wonder whether you can be silent in the sight of night-fishing.
6Reginald will learn to be silent, just as he learned to talk.
7The Asiatic princes-But the ruler of the state must be silent.
8He signed to Dermot to be silent and said in solemn tones:
9Really nothing; and I hoped he would allow me to be silent.
10Many know well how to speak; few know when to be silent.
11She would lose herself in thought at times, and she'd be silent.
12Far more have sacrificed too much more for me to be silent.
13Now please be silent unless you have a cogent point to make.
14Hear me for my cause; and be silent, that you may hear.
15Harvey motioned the others to be silent, and tiptoed across the floor.
16He knew it was one of the things to be silent about.