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Hush

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To make silent or quiet.

v. To calm; soothe.

v. To keep from public knowledge; suppress mention of. Often used with up: tried to hush up the damaging details.

verb-intransitive. To be or become silent or still.

n. A silence or stillness, especially after noise.

adj. Archaic Silent; quiet.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. to become quiet

v. to make quiet

n. A silence, especially after some noise

n. A mining method using water

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. To still; to silence; to calm; to make quiet; to repress the noise or clamor of.

v. To appease; to allay; to calm; to soothe.

verb-intransitive. To become or to keep still or quiet; to become silent; -- esp. used in the imperative, as an exclamation; be still; be silent or quiet; make no noise.

n. Stillness; silence; quiet.

adj. Silent; quiet.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To reduce to silence; make still or quiet; check or suppress the sound of.

To appease; allay; calm, as commotion or agitation.

In mining, to clear off (the soil and surface dirt), in order to expose the bed-rock, so that it can be ascertained whether there are indications of a vein or metalliferous deposit.

To be still; be silent or quiet; make no noise.

Forbear; be still; hist; attend.

n. A state of stillness; profound quiet.

Silent; still; quiet.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. become quiet or still; fall silent

v. run water over the ground to erode (soil), revealing the underlying strata and valuable minerals

v. wash by removing particles

n. (poetic) tranquil silence

v. become quiet or quieter

v. cause to be quiet or not talk

Word Usage

"If we get a really good title out, then expect me to reward the contributor (s) with a very special gift. * hush hush*"

Verb Form

hushed hushes hushing

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

change water irrigate lave wash

Cross Reference

to hush up

Form

hush money hush up hush puppy

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

appease allay calm soothe stillness

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

Cush Rush blush brush crush

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

quiet solemn stillness breathless muffle