Definisi : 2. destroy, melenyapkan: the grenade ~d the machine gun, bom tangan itu telah melenyapkan bunyi mesingan; 3. force to stop expressing opinion, /mengunci, menutup/ mulut: he failed to ~ his opponents, dia gagal mengunci mulut lawannya. (Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan)
Definisi : vt 1. cause to stop making a noise, mendiamkan, menyebabkan [sso] diam: a sharp word from his father ~d the boy, kata-kata keras bapanya menyebabkan budak itu diam; (Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan)
Definisi : 4. secrecy, /mengunci, menutup /mulut: they failed to buy his ~, mereka gagal menutup mulutnya; (Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan)
Definisi : 2. refusal, failure to speak, communicate, mendiamkan diri, membisu: I cannot understand his ~ on the matter, saya tdk faham kenapa dia hanya mendiamkan diri dlm perkara itu; after twenty years of ~ the author has unexpectedly produced a new book, selepas dua puluh tahun mendiamkan diri, dgn tdk disangka-sangka pengarang itu menghasilkan sebuah buku baru; (Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan)
Definisi : reduce so. to ~, menyebabkan sso terdiam: her sarcastic remarks reduced them to ~, kata-katanya yg menyindir itu menyebabkan mereka terdiam; (Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan)
Definisi : in ~, a. without saying anything, tanpa berkata-kata: they sat together in ~, mereka duduk bersama-sama tanpa berkata-kata; b. without comment, begitu sahaja: a remark that was passed over in ~, teguran itu dibiarkan begitu sahaja; (Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan)
Definisi : n 1. state, quality of being silent, a. (of person) diam, senyap: a sudden ~ fell on us, kami tiba-tiba senyap; b. (of surroundings, environment) keadaan /sunyi, sepi, sunyi-sepi, sunyi-senyap/, kesunyian, kesepian: not a sound broke the ~, tdk ada sedikit bunyi pun yg memecahkan kesunyian itu; (Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan)
Definisi : 3. a period of time observing silence to show respect for so., st, bertafakur: we shall observe one minute’s ~ to show our respect for the heroes who fell during the tragedy, kita akan bertafakur selama satu minit sbg menghormati pahlawan-pahlawan yg gugur dlm tragedi itu; (Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan)