Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive & intransitive verb To make or become quiet.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To become quiet or still.
- To make quiet; calm; pacify.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To make
quiet . - verb intransitive To become
quiet .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb become quiet or quieter
- verb make calm or still
- verb cause to be quiet or not talk
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Examples
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The unhurt put candid, in its chichi quieten, is a youngster of the 20th century
Brian Ruckley · Three Random Things I Noticed This Week 2009
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He wanted … I got up and made a talk to kind of quieten these folks down.
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Hull City yesterday will "quieten" the job speculation after a frenzied week.
tribalfootball.com tribalfootball.com 2010
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Jane laughed and pointed out with a kind of amazed bitterness that things were not likely to “quieten down for years.”
A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011
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Coupled with a 6-0 thrashing at Chelsea a week later it was a start that left a 37-year-old manager in his second Premier League season looking exposed, if not out of his depth, yet with a conjuror's insouciance Martínez pulled an unlikely win at Spurs out of the hat next to quieten a restless audience.
Wigan's Roberto Martínez feels more English than Spanish Paul Wilson 2010
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We try to quieten those who would sully this momentous event.
Hugh Muir's Diary 2011
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Jane laughed and pointed out with a kind of amazed bitterness that things were not likely to “quieten down for years.”
A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011
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In a conciliatory tone he added that she could always come back later “when things quieten down.”
A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011
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In a conciliatory tone he added that she could always come back later “when things quieten down.”
A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011
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The interesting thing is that when quality drama or documentaries do come on, Twitter tends to quieten.
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