hush

[hush]

To hush is to become quiet. When an audience is eager to hear a speaker, it will hush as soon as she begins to talk.

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

Noun
(poetic) tranquil silence; "the still of the night"

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

Verb
wash by removing particles; "Wash ores"

Verb
become quiet or still; fall silent; "hush my babay!"

Verb
cause to be quiet or not talk; "Please silence the children in the church!"

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Verb
become quiet or quieter; "The audience fell silent when the speaker entered"

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

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

v. i.
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.

a.
Silent; quiet.

Hush

Hush , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hushed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Hushing.] [OE. huschen, hussen, prob. of imitative origin; cf. LG. hussen to lull to sleep, G. husch quick, make haste, be silent.] 1. To still; to silence; to calm; to make quiet; to repress the noise or clamor of.

My tongue shall hush again this storm of war.

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

With thou, then, Hush my cares?

And hush'd my deepest grief of all.

To hush up, to procure silence concerning; to suppress; to keep secret. "This matter is hushed up." Pope.

Hush

Hush, v. i. 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.

Hush, idle words, and thoughts of ill.

But all these strangers' presence every one did hush.

Hush

Hush, n. Stillness; silence; quiet. [R.] "It is the hush of night." Byron. Hush money, money paid to secure silence, or to prevent the disclosure of facts. Swift.

Hush

Hush, a. Silent; quiet. "Hush as death." Shak.

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

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.

Stillness; silence; quiet.

Silent; quiet.

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Usage Examples

In Seattle, I soon found that my radical ideas and aesthetic explorations - ideas and explorations that in Richmond, Virginia, might have gotten me stoned to death with hush puppies - were not only accepted but occasionally applauded.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

The aspects of patriotism that hush dissent, encourage going along, and sanction comfortable distancing and compliance with what is indecent and unacceptable... those aspects are too fundamental to ignore or gloss over.