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
7 May 2025
(noun) a person who is employed to deliver messages or documents; “he sent a runner over with the contract”
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
