Third-person singular simple present indicative form of silence

plural of silence

The absence of any sound. / The act of refraining from speaking. / Form of meditative worship practiced by the Society of Friends (Quakers); meeting for worship.

(imperative) Be silent.

(transitive) To make (someone or something) silent. / (transitive) To repress the expression of something. / (transitive) To suppress criticism, etc. / (molecular biology) To block gene expression.

An attachment to a gun or an exhaust pipe that reduces the sound it emits / The muffler of an internal combustion engine. / Any of various devices to silence the humming noise of telegraph wires

made silent / (of a firearm) fitted with a silencer

simple past tense and past participle of silence

Capable of being silenced.

plural of silencer