Silent Fell ˈsaɪlənt Curtain Rose Audience Speak Sound

• to remain/stay/keep silent
• they huddled together in silent groups.
• as the curtain rose, the audience fell silent.
• he gave me the silent treatment (= did not speak to me because he was angry).

silent

1. not speaking
• to remain/stay/keep silent
• They huddled together in silent groups.
• As the curtain rose, the audience fell silent.
• He gave me the silent treatment (= did not speak to me because he was angry).
2. not talking very much
• synonym quiet
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/quiet_1
• He's the strong silent type.
3. where there is little or no sound; making little or no sound
• synonym quiet
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/quiet_1
• At last the traffic fell silent.
• The streets were silent and deserted.
4. not expressed with words or sound
• a silent prayer/protest
• They nodded in silent agreement.
5. not giving information about something; refusing to speak about something
• The report is strangely silent on this issue.
• the right to remain silent (= the legal right not to say anything when you are arrested)
6. with pictures but no sound
• See related entries: Types of film
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/types_of_film/silent
• a silent film/movie
• stars of the silent screen
7. written but not pronounced
• The ‘b’ in ‘lamb’ is silent.

Extra Examples

• I could not keep silent any longer.
• Len remained obstinately silent.
• She sat silent throughout the meal.
• The crowd fell silent as she began to speak.
• The new bus is virtually silent.
• The report was silent on that subject.
• The room grew silent as the men entered.
• The street lay silent and deserted.
• The street was strangely silent.
• They had kept remarkably silent about their intentions.
• This is a subject about which the official documents are ominously silent.
• an issue about which the researchers are largely silent
• As darkness began to fall, the cannon fell silent.
• As the curtain rose, the audience fell silent.
• He’s the strong, silent type.
• She closed her eyes to say a silent prayer.
• They nodded in silent agreement.
• We were asked to remain silent for two minutes.

Word Origin

• late 15th cent. (in the sense ‘not speaking’): from Latin silent- ‘being silent’, from the verb silere.