silent
adj 1: marked by absence of sound; "a silent house"; "soundless
footsteps on the grass"; "the night was still" [syn: {soundless},
{still}]
2: failing to speak or communicate etc when expected to; "the
witness remained silent" [syn: {mum}]
3: indicated by necessary connotation though not expressed
directly; "gave silent consent"; "a tacit agreement"; "the
understood provisos of a custody agreement" [syn: {implied},
{tacit}, {understood}]
4: not made to sound; "the silent `h' at the beginning of
`honor'"; "in French certain letters are often unsounded"
[syn: {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}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0