Meaning

1 senses

  1. To become quiet.

Examples

40 sentences

  1. Tom fell silent.

    Том замовк. — deniko

    ruТом замолчал. — bijin

    deTom verstummte. — Plusquamperfekt

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  2. She suddenly fell silent.

    ruОна внезапно замолчала. — wondersz1

    dePlötzlich verstummte sie. — xtofu80

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  3. They fell silent.

    ruОни замолчали. — marafon

    deSie wurden still. — raggione

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  4. Tom suddenly fell silent.

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  5. All at once they fell silent.

    deSie verstummten mit einem Schlag. — Tamy

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Forms

falls silent, falling silent, fell silent, fallen silent
Base formfall silent · to fall silent
3rd person singularfalls silent
Present participlefalling silent
Past simplefell silent
Past participlefallen silent

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyfall silent
he, she, itfalls silent

Past simpleLesson

all personsfell silent

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave fallen silent
he, she, ithas fallen silent

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill fall silent

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
falconfallA2fallacyC2falliblefalloutfallow
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