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silence
English
Etymology
From Middle English silence, from Old French silence, from Latin silentium (“silence”). Displaced native Old English sw??e.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /?sa?.l?ns/
- Rhymes: -a?l?ns
Noun
silence (usually uncountable, plural silences)
- The absence of any sound.
- The act of refraining from speaking.
- D. Webster
- The administration itself keeps a profound silence.
- D. Webster
- Form of meditative worship practiced by the Society of Friends (Quakers); meeting for worship.
Synonyms
- quietness
Derived terms
Related terms
- silent
Translations
Verb
silence (third-person singular simple present silences, present participle silencing, simple past and past participle silenced)
- (transitive) To make (someone or something) silent.
- Synonym: mute
- (transitive) To repress the expression of something.
- (transitive) To suppress criticism, etc.
- (molecular biology) To block gene expression.
- (euphemistic) To murder.
Derived terms
- silencer
Translations
See also
- quiet, noise, loud, deaf, audible.
Interjection
silence
- (imperative) Be silent.
- Silence! Enough of your insolence!
Synonyms
- be quiet
- hush
- whist
Translations
Anagrams
- license, selenic
French
Etymology
Latin silentium (“silence”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /si.l??s/
- Homophone: silences
Noun
silence m (plural silences)
- silence
Antonyms
- bruit
- cacophonie
- mélodie
- musique
Derived terms
- le silence est d'or
- minute de silence
- passer sous silence
- porte-silence
- réduire au silence
- silence, moteur, action
- silencieusement
- silencieux
Further reading
- “silence” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Ido
Etymology
silenco (“silence”) +? -e (indicates an adverb).
Adverb
silence
- noiselessly, silently, quietly
Related terms
- silencoza
Middle English
Alternative forms
- scilence, scylence, scilense, silens, sylence, scielence, cilence
Etymology
From Old French silence, from Latin silentium.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /si??l?ns(?)/, /si?l?ns(?)/
Noun
silence (uncountable)
- Silence; the state of refraining or refusing to speak.
- Peace, calm; a state of tranquil and restful behaviour.
- Quietness; a lack of sound or speaking (for a given area or time).
- Refraining from excessive speaking or talking.
- The following of a religious vow of silence.
- (rare) The termination of a dispute or conflict.
- (rare) Secrecy or freedom from disruption.
Descendants
- English: silence
- Scots: seelence
References
- “s??lence, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-03.
Middle French
Noun
silence f (plural silences)
- silence (absence of noise)
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gag
English
Etymology
The verb is from 15th-century Middle English gaggen, Early Modern English gagge, possibly imitative or perhaps related to or influenced by Old Norse gag-háls ("with head thrown backwards"; > Norwegian dialectal gaga (“bent backwards”)). The intransitive sense "to retch" is from 1707.
The noun is from the 16th century, figurative use (for "repression of speech") from the 1620s. The secondary meaning "(practical) joke" is from 1863, of unclear origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?æ?/
- Rhymes: -æ?
Noun
gag (plural gags)
- A device to restrain speech, such as a rag in the mouth secured with tape or a rubber ball threaded onto a cord or strap.
- (law) An order or rule forbidding discussion of a case or subject.
- A joke or other mischievous prank.
- (film) a device or trick used to create a practical effect; a gimmick
- A convulsion of the upper digestive tract.
- (archaic) A mouthful that makes one retch or choke.
- Mycteroperca microlepis, a species of grouper.
- Synonym: gag grouper
Synonyms
- (legal): gag order
- (joke): See also Thesaurus:joke
Derived terms
- gagless
- sight gag
Descendants
- ? French: gag
- ? Italian: gag
- ? Spanish: gag
Translations
Verb
gag (third-person singular simple present gags, present participle gagging, simple past and past participle gagged)
- (intransitive) To experience the vomiting reflex.
- (transitive) To cause to heave with nausea.
- 2008, Stephen King, "A Very Tight Place"
- His empty stomach was suddenly full of butterflies, and for the first time since arriving here at scenic Durkin Grove Village, he felt an urge to gag himself. He would be able to think more clearly about this if he just stuck his fingers down his throat […]
- 2008, Stephen King, "A Very Tight Place"
- (transitive) To restrain someone's speech by blocking his or her mouth.
- 1906, Alfred Noyes, The Highwayman:
- They said no word to the landlord, they drank his ale instead,
- But they gagged his daughter and bound her to the foot of her narrow bed;
- Two of them knelt at her casement, with muskets at their side!
- 1906, Alfred Noyes, The Highwayman:
- (transitive) To pry or hold open by means of a gag.
- 1917, Francis Gregor (translator), De Laudibus Legum Angliae, Sir John Fortescue, written 1468–1471, first published 1543.
- […] some have their mouths gagged to such a wideness, for a long time, whereat such quantities of water are poured in, that their bellies swell to a prodigious degree […]
- 1917, Francis Gregor (translator), De Laudibus Legum Angliae, Sir John Fortescue, written 1468–1471, first published 1543.
- (transitive, figuratively) To restrain someone's speech without using physical means.
- When the financial irregularities were discovered, the CEO gagged everyone in the accounting department.
- c. 1840, Thomas Macaulay, Essay on Machiavelli
- The time was not yet come when eloquence was to be gagged, and reason to be hoodwinked.
- (transitive, intransitive) To choke; to retch.
- (transitive, intransitive, obsolete, slang) To deceive (someone); to con.
- 1777, Frances Burney, Journals & Letters, Penguin 2001, p. 79:
- I endeavoured what I could to soften off the affectation of her sudden change of Disposition; and I gagged the Gentleman with as much ease as my very little ease would allow me to assume.
- 1777, Frances Burney, Journals & Letters, Penguin 2001, p. 79:
Derived terms
- gag me with a spoon
Translations
Related terms
- blech
- retch
References
- gag in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Further reading
- gag at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- agg
French
Etymology
From English gag.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?a?/
Noun
gag m (plural gags)
- joke
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English gag.
Noun
gag m (invariable)
- gag, joke
- Synonyms: scherzo, freddura; see also Thesaurus:battuta
Occitan
Noun
gag m (plural gags)
- jay
Romanian
Etymology
From French gag.
Noun
gag n (plural gaguri)
- joke
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
From English gag.
Noun
gag m (plural gags)
- gag (joke)
Zhuang
Pronunciation
- (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /ka?k?/
- Tone numbers: gag8
- Hyphenation: gag
Etymology 1
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Adverb
gag (Sawndip forms ? or ? or ?, old orthography gag)
- by oneself; alone
- Synonym: (dialectal) haek
- on one's own; by oneself; without permission
- Synonym: (dialectal) gujgag
- just; only
Derived terms
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “From ?? ??”)
Verb
gag (old orthography gag)
- to eject; to cough up
- Synonym: (dialectal) gak
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