Be Quiet

Definition: Be Quiet

Be Quiet

Verb

1. Refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent; "The children shut up when their father approached".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Be Quiet

Inaction

Verb: not do, not act, not attempt; be inactive; abstain from doing, do nothing, hold, spare; not stir, not move, not lift a finger, not lift a foot, not lift a peg; fold one's arms, fold one's hands; leave alone, let alone; let be, let pass, let things take their course, let it have its way, let well alone, let well enough alone; quieta non movere; stare super antiquas vias; rest and be thankful, live and let live; lie rest upon one's oars; laisser aller, faire; stand aloof; refrain; (avoid) keep oneself from doing; remit one's efforts, relax one's efforts; desist; (relinquish); stop; (cease); pause; (be quiet).

Crosswords: Be Quiet

Can you be quiet, your disrupting the Mass (While You Were Sleeping; writing credit: Daniel G. Sullivan; Fredric LeBow)

Rattrap be quiet. (Beast Wars: Transformers; writing credit: Bob Forward; Lawrence G. DiTillio)

Please be quiet, brother (Gladiator; writing credit: David Franzoni)

This is a time of celebration, so: sit still and be quiet. (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer)

Be quiet! Be quiet (Everybody Loves Raymond; writing credit: Joe Bolster)

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Books

• Be Quiet, Marina! (reference)

• Be Quiet, Parrot! (Willis, Jeanne. Be Nice at School Series.) (reference)

  (more book examples)

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Mr. Weston must be quiet, and every thing deliberately arranged

He seated Cosette with her back against a post, and, telling her to be quiet, ran to the spot where the conduit came to the pavement

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Albanian

hesht (hush, keep mum, pipe down, shut up, silence, wrap up). (various references)

Danish

tie. (various references)

Dutch

zwýgen, zich stilhouden, zýn mond houden, stilzwýgen (modesty, silence). (various references)

Esperanto

silenti. (various references)

Faeroese

tiga. (various references)

Finnish

vaieta (be silent, become silent, cease, conceal, keep quiet, keep silence). (various references)

French

se taire. (various references)

German

schweigen (be silent, cease, clam, clam up, keep quiet, remain silent, say nothing, silence, to be silent, to keep silent, to keep still), schlafen (be asleep, nod, roost, sleep, slumber, to sleep, to sleep (slept), ruhig sein (pipe down, to be at rest), ruhen (be abed, be asleep, be buried, be in abeyance, be laid down, be supported, be suspended, cease, lie, repose, rest, stand idle, stop, to rest, tranquilnesses), ruhe (calm, calmness, hush, order, peace, peacefulness, placidity, privacy, quiescence, quiet, quietness, quietude, repose, reposefulness, rest, restfulness, retirement, sereneness, silence, smoothness, steadiness, stillness, tranquility, tranquillity, tranquilness). (various references)

Greek 

κάτσε ήσυχα, καμώνομαι (shut up), σιωπώ (clam up, fall silent, keep silent). (various references)

Hawaiian

hesht. (various references)

Hebrew 

לשקוט (have rest, remain still). (various references)

Italian

tacere (be silent, be still, hush, keep silent, pass over in silence, silence), sta' zitto. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

くすくす笑う (and yet, boldly, clearly, distinctly, exhausted, in spite of, sobbing noise, though, to be dull, to be exhausted, to be quiet, to crumple up, to darken, to die, to giggle, when, withered). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

くすむ (to be dull, to be quiet, to darken). (various references)

Maya

cheen (to be quiet). (various references)

Pig Latin

ebay ietquay.(various references)

Portuguese

calar-se (shut up). (various references)

Russian 

тише (mum, silence). (various references)

Spanish

callarse (dry up, hold one's peace, hold one's tongue, hush, keep mum, keep quiet, pipe down, quieten, shut up). (various references)

Sranan

tantiri. (various references)

Swedish

var tyst, tyst med dig, tiga (keep silence). (various references)

Turkish

susmak (be tongue-tied, hold one's peace, hush, keep mum, keep quiet, pipe down, quiet, quiet down, quieten, shush, shut up, stop speaking). (various references)

Turkmen 

dymmak (shut up). (various references)

Ukrainian

мовчати (hold in, hold one's tongue, whist), помовчте. (various references)

Zulu

-thula. (various references)

sileamus, sileas, sileat, silebis, silebit, silebo, silebunt, silens, silentium, silere, silerem, silete, siletis, siluerint, silueris, siluerunt, silui, siluit. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: quiet, quite.

-3 letters: beet, bite, bute, etui, quit, tube.

-4 letters: bee, bet, bit, but, tee, tie, tub, tui.

-5 letters: be, bi, et, it, ti, ut.

+2 letters: briquette, equitable.

+3 letters: briquetted, briquettes.

+4 letters: barquentine, bequeathing, equilibrate, inequitable.

+5 letters: barquentines, equabilities, equilibrated, equilibrates, questionable.