silcon.html - If you say nothing or do not say no to something, it means that you agree. - A proverb. * /Don't be afraid to say, if you don't like something. Silence gives consent./

silcon.html - {n.}, {informal} The large majority of people who, unlike the militants, do not make their political and social views known by marching and demonstrating and who, presumably, can swing an election one way or the other. * /Sidney Miltner is a member of the silent majority./

silcon.html - See: BORN WITH A SILVER SPOON IN ONE'S MOUTH, EVERY CLOUD HAS A SILVER LINING, HAND SOMETHING TO ONE ON A SILVER PLATTER.

silcon.html - n. & v.
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1 storage in a silo.
2 green fodder that has been stored in a silo.

--v.

tr. put into a silo. [alt. of ENSILAGE after silo]

silcon.html - n.
a small immature herring, esp. one caught in N. European seas. [Da. & Norw.]

silcon.html - n. & v.
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1 absence of sound.
2 abstinence from speech or noise.
3 the avoidance of mentioning a thing, betraying a secret, etc.
4 oblivion; the state of not being mentioned.

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tr. make silent, esp. by coercion or superior argument.

in silence without speech or other sound. reduce (or put) to silence refute in argument. [ME f. OF f. L silentium (as SILENT)]