quiet
/ˈkwaɪ̯.ət/ verb C2- To cause (someone or something) to become quiet. · Can you quiet your child? He’s making lots of noise.· The umpire quieted the crowd so the game could continue in peace.
- To become quiet or calm. · When you quiet, we can start talking.
He/she/it quiets · Past quieted · Past participle quieted · -ing form quieting
Verb forms
- Base form
- quiet
- He/she/it
- quiets
- Past
- quieted
- Past participle
- quieted
- -ing form
- quieting
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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White Mason was a quiet, comfortable-looking person in a loose tweed suit, with a clean-shaved, ruddy face, a stoutish body, and powerful bandy legs adorned with gaiters, looking like a small farmer, a retired gamekeeper, or anything upon earth except a very favourable specimen of the provincial criminal officer.
On a quiet countryside, where all gossip is welcome, this weakness of the lady of the Manor House did not pass without remark, and it bulked larger upon people’s memory when the events arose which gave it a very special significance.
There was no trace then of the horror which I had myself felt at this curt declaration; but his face showed rather the quiet and interested composure of the chemist who sees the crystals falling into position from his oversaturated solution.
His companion followed with quiet and easy step.
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