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zwijgen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • silence noun Complete absence of sound.

Senses

zwijgen is used for these senses in English:

  • be silent To refrain from speaking; to say nothing. (This entry is a translation hub.)
  • clam up (intransitive, informal) To become silent; to stop talking.
  • keep quiet (intransitive) To remain silent.
  • shut up (ergative, derogatory, often imperative) Of a person, to stop talking (said by someone, often one in authority, after one has said something annoying, irrelevant, or false, during a period of peace and quiet, or when one is not allowed to talk) or arguing, or (of a person or thing) making noise.
  • silence The act of refraining from speaking.

silence — full definition

  1. noun Complete absence of sound.
  2. noun The state of not speaking.
  3. verb To make someone or something silent, often by force or suppression.

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