hush, quieten, silence, still, shut up, hush up
(verb) cause to be quiet or not talk; “Please silence the children in the church!”
calm, calm down, quiet, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquillise, quieten, lull, still
(verb) make calm or still; “quiet the dragons of worry and fear”
quieten, hush, quiet, quiesce, quiet down, pipe down
(verb) become quiet or quieter; “The audience fell silent when the speaker entered”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
quieten (third-person singular simple present quietens, present participle quietening, simple past and past participle quietened)
(transitive) To make quiet.
(intransitive) To become quiet.
• Not very common in US English, where the verb quiet is often preferred.
• queen it
Source: Wiktionary
17 April 2025
(noun) a porous mass of interlacing fibers that forms the internal skeleton of various marine animals and usable to absorb water or any porous rubber or cellulose product similarly used
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
