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Meaning of silent

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  silent
      adj 1: marked by absence of sound; "a silent house"; "soundless
             footsteps on the grass"; "the night was still" [syn:
             {silent}, {soundless}, {still}]
      2: failing to speak or communicate etc when expected to; "the
         witness remained silent" [syn: {mum}, {silent}]
      3: implied by or inferred from actions or statements; "gave
         silent consent"; "a tacit agreement"; "the understood
         provisos of a custody agreement" [syn: {silent}, {tacit},
         {understood}]
      4: not made to sound; "the silent `h' at the beginning of
         `honor'"; "in French certain letters are often unsounded"
         [syn: {silent}, {unsounded}]
      5: having a frequency below or above the range of human
         audibility; "a silent dog whistle"
      6: unable to speak because of hereditary deafness [syn: {dumb},
         {mute}, {silent}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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