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- DictionaryHush/həSH/
verb
- 1. make (someone) be quiet or stop talking: "he placed a finger before pursed lips to hush her"
noun
- 1. a silence: "a hush descended over the crowd"
5 days ago · You say ` Hush! ' to someone when you are asking or telling them to be quiet. Hush, my love, it's all right. 2. transitive verb/intransitive verb. If you hush someone or if they hush, they stop speaking or making a noise. She tried to hush her noisy father. Synonyms: quieten, still, silence, suppress More Synonyms of hush.
Define hush: to make (someone) quiet, calm, or still—usage, synonyms, more.
Hush definition, (used as a command to be silent or quiet.) See more.
v. to cause to become silent or quiet:[ ~ + object] We hushed the children when the mayor began his speech. to suppress mention of; keep concealed: [ ~ + up + object] to hush up a scandal. [ ~ + object + up] to hush it up quickly. to make calm:[ ~ + object] to hush someone's fears. n. [ countable * usually singular]
Definition of hush noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. hush. noun. /hʌʃ/ [singular, uncountable] a period of silence, especially following a lot of noise, or when people are expecting something to happen. There was a deathly hush in the theatre. A hush descended over the waiting crowd.
To stop making noise; be or become quiet or silent. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To keep from public knowledge; suppress mention of. Often used with up . Tried to hush up the damaging details. American Heritage. Synonyms: pipe-down. quiet-down. quiesce. quieten. hush up. shut up. still. silence.
verb (used with object) to make silent; silence. to suppress mention of; keep concealed (often followed by up ): They hushed up the scandal. to calm, quiet, or allay: to hush someone's fears. See more. noun. silence or quiet, especially after noise. Phonetics. either of the sibilant sounds (sh) and (zh). adjective. Archaic. silent; quiet.
