silence lietuviškai

Paaiškinimas anglų kalba

• silence (someone) by uttering `shush!'
• cause to be quiet or not talk "Please silence the children in the church!"
• keep from expression, for example by threats or pressure "All dissenters were silenced when the dictator assumed power"
• a refusal to speak when expected "his silence about my contribution was surprising"
• the trait of keeping things secret
• the absence of sound "he needed silence in order to sleep" "the street was quiet"
• the state of being silent (as when no one is speaking) "there was a shocked silence" "he gestured for silence"
• (poetic) tranquil silence "the still of the night"