quieten

tr. & intr.v. Chiefly British, -ened, -en·ing, -ens.
To make or become quiet.

verb

To cause to become silent: hush, quiet, shush, shut up, silence, still. See sounds/pleasant sounds/unpleasant sounds/neutral sounds or silence.

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The verb has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: become quiet or quieter
  Synonyms: hush, quiet, quiesce, quiet down, pipe down
  Antonym: louden (meaning #1)

Meaning #2: make calm or still
  Synonyms: calm, calm down, quiet, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquillise, lull, still

Meaning #3: cause to be quiet or not talk
  Synonyms: hush, silence, still, shut up, hush up
  Antonym: louden (meaning #2)

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - gå til ro, blive rolig, lægge sig
v. intr. - blive stille, blive rolig

idioms:

• quieten down    falde til ro

Nederlands (Dutch)
bedaren, tot bedaren brengen

Français (French)
v. tr. - calmer, dissiper, faire taire
v. intr. - se calmer, calmer, faire taire

idioms:

• quieten down    se calmer, se taire, calmer, faire taire

Deutsch (German)
v. - beschwichtigen, zur Ruhe bringen

idioms:

• quieten down    sich beruhigen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - (καθ)ησυχάζω, κατευνάζω

idioms:

• quieten down    ησυχάζω, ηρεμώ

Italiano (Italian)
calmare

idioms:

• quieten down    calmarsi

Português (Portuguese)
v. - aquietar

idioms:

• quieten down    acalmar

Русский (Russian)
успокоить, заставить замолчать

idioms:

• quieten down    успокоиться

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - callar, calmar, tranquilizar
v. intr. - callarse, calmarse, tranquilizarse

idioms:

• quieten down    callarse, tranquilizarse

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - lugna, tysta, lugna sig, komma till ro

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
使安静, 抚慰, 变安静

idioms:

• quieten down    平静下来, 使安静

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使安靜, 撫慰
v. intr. - 變安靜

idioms:

• quieten down    平靜下來, 使安靜

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 진정시키다, 가라앉히다, 달래다
v. intr. - 고요해지다, 가라앉다, 평온해지다

idioms:

• quieten down    가라앉다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 静まる, 静める

idioms:

• quieten down    静かにさせる, 落ち着かせる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) هدأ, أطمأن‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮השתיק‬
v. intr. - ‮החריש‬

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