<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>absence of any sound or noise; stillness</li><li>the state or fact of being silent; muteness</li><li>absence or omission of mention, comment, or expressed concern: the conspicuous silence of our newspapers on local graft</li><li>the state of being forgotten; oblivion: in the news again after years of silence</li><li>concealment; secrecy</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used with object)</strong></p><ul><li>to put or bring to silence; still</li><li>Synonyms: gag, muzzle, quell, hush</li><li>to put (doubts, fears, etc.) to rest; quiet</li><li>Military: to still (enemy guns), as by more effective fire</li></ul><p><strong>Interjection</strong></p><ul><li>be silent! “Silence!” the teacher shouted.</li></ul>