| Main Entry: | clam |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bivalve living in ocean |
Synonyms: |
cherrystone, littleneck, mollusk, quahog |
| Main Entry: | dollar |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | paper money |
Synonyms: |
ace*, bank note, bill, buck*, certificate, clam, cucumber, currency, folding money, greenback, legal tender, note, one-spot, single |
Antonyms: |
change, coin |
| Main Entry: | mouth |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | opening |
Synonyms: |
aperture, beak, box, cavity, chops, clam, crevice, delta, door, embouchement, entrance, estuary, firth, fly trap, funnel, gate, gills, gob, harbor, inlet, jaws, kisser, lips, mush, orifice, portal, rim, trap*, yap |
| Main Entry: | silence |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make or be quiet |
Synonyms: |
choke off, clam, clam up, close up, cool it, cut off, cut short, dampen, deaden, decrease the volume, dry up, dull, dumb, dummy up, extinguish, gag, hold one's tongue, hush, hush one's mouth, hush-hush, keep it down, lull, muffle, mute, muzzle, overawe, pipe down, quash, quell, quiet, quiet down, quieten, say nothing, shush, shut up, sit on, soft-pedal, squelch, stifle, still, strike dumb, subdue, suppress, tongue-tie |
Antonyms: |
be noisy, communicate, talk |
| Main Entry: | mollusk |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | invertebrate |
Synonyms: |
abalone, chiton, clam, cuttlefish, limpet, snail, whelk |
| Main Entry: | shellfish |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | invertebrate |
Synonyms: |
barnacle, clam, conch, crawfish, crayfish, crustacean, lobster, mollusk, mussel, oyster, piddock, prawn, scallop, shrimp, snail, whelk |
| Main Entry: | quieten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | silence |
Synonyms: |
choke off, clam, clam up, close up, cool it, cut off, cut short, dampen, deaden, decrease the volume, dry up, dull, dumb, dummy up, extinguish, gag, hold one's tongue, hush, hush one's mouth, hush-hush, keep it down, lull, muffle, mute, muzzle, overawe, pipe down, quash, quell, quiet, quiet down, say nothing, shush, shut up, sit on, soft-pedal, squelch, stifle, still, strike dumb, subdue, suppress, tongue-tie |
| Main Entry: | shush |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | silence |
Synonyms: |
choke off, clam, clam up, close up, cool it, cut off, cut short, dampen, deaden, decrease the volume, dry up, dull, dumb, dummy up, extinguish, gag, hold one's tongue, hush, hush one's mouth, hush-hush, keep it down, lull, muffle, mute, muzzle, overawe, pipe down, quash, quell, quiet, quiet down, quieten, say nothing, shut up, sit on, soft-pedal, squelch, stifle, still, strike dumb, subdue, suppress, tongue-tie |
| Main Entry: | silence |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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Adjectives: |
| Concept: | Silence. |
| Category: | 2. Sensation; special sensation; sound; sound in general |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
silence; stillness (quiet); peace, hush, lull; muteness; solemn silence, awful silence, dead silence, deathlike silence.
-verbs
-adjectives
silent; still, stilly; noiseless, soundless; hushed; mute., soft, solemn, awful, deathlike, silent as the grave; inaudible (faint).
-adverbs
silently; sub silentio.
-phrases
one might hear a feather drop, one might hear a pin drop; grosse Seelen dulden still [German]; le silence est la vertu de ceux qui ne sont pas sages [French]; le silence est le parti le plus sar de celui se défie de soi-meme [French]; "silence more
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Antonyms: |
sound |
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