To remain still or quiet; to keep silence.

To remain in a state of inactivity or concealment (not necessarily prone or reclining). Chiefly with adjective complement or past participle. (For to…

To remain inactive or quiet; to wait (without doing anything or making progress); to put off action (until). Cf. to stay for —— v. at sense 14 ? Obs…

to keep one's bill under wing: to remain quiet or inactive (like a sleeping bird). Obsolete. rare.

To remain dormant or inactive. Obsolete. rare. (So in Latin.) Cf. connivent, adj. 2.

To keep quiet, withdraw from observation; to remain inactive, rest.

intransitive. literary and poetic. To remain still; to lie in quiet. Obsolete.