单词 | to break stillness |
释义 | > as lemmasto break stillness b. to break silence: see silence n. and int. Phrases 2. Also to break stillness. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speak [verb (intransitive)] matheleOE speakc888 spellc888 yedc888 i-quethec900 reirdOE meldOE meleOE quidOE i-meleOE wordOE to open one's mouth (also lips)OE mootOE spellc1175 carpa1240 spilec1275 bespeakc1314 adda1382 mella1400 moutha1400 utter?a1400 lalec1400 nurnc1400 parlec1400 talkc1400 to say forthc1405 rekea1450 to say on1487 nevena1500 quinch1511 quetch1530 queckc1540 walk1550 cant1567 twang1602 articulate1615 tella1616 betalk1622 sermocinate1623 to give tongue1737 jaw1748 to break stillness1768 outspeaka1788 to give mouth1854 larum1877 to make noises1909 verbal1974 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > audibility > be or become audible [verb (intransitive)] bursta1325 risea1325 sounda1325 arisec1330 wrestc1400 uprise?a1513 to meet the eye (also ear)1645 ascend1667 to breeze up1752 well1825 to break stillness1853 fade1879 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 iv. iii. 198 For this, the foolish ouer-carefull fathers Haue broke their sleepe with thoughts. View more context for this quotation 1623 J. Bingham tr. Xenophon Hist. 139 You shall put to death a man, that hath broken many a sleepe for you. 1706 R. Estcourt Fair Example i. i. 9 I hope your ill Luck did not break your Rest last Night. 1710 Tatler No. 222 Keeping them awake, or breaking their Sleep when they are fallen into it. 1768 L. Sterne Sentimental Journey I. 176 I was not disposed to break silence. 1853 F. W. Robertson Serm. 3rd Ser. xi. 138 There are but three things which can break that peace. 1853 C. Kingsley Hypatia I. xi. 227 Not a sound..broke the utter stillness of the glen. < as lemmas |
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