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hush

–interjection

1.	(used as a command to be silent or quiet.)

–verb (used without object)

2.	to become or be silent or quiet: They hushed as the judge walked in.

–verb (used with object)

3.	to make silent; silence.

4.	to suppress mention of; keep concealed (often fol. by up): They hushed up the scandal.

5.	to calm, quiet, or allay: to hush someone's fears.

–noun

6.	silence or quiet, esp. after noise.

7.	Phonetics. either of the sibilant sounds (sh) and (zh).

–adjective

8.	Archaic. silent; quiet.

[Origin: 1350–1400; appar. back formation from husht whist² (ME huissht), the -t being taken for ptp. suffix

]

—Related forms

hush·ed·ly

Audio Help [huhsh-id-lee, huhsht-lee] Pronunciation Key, adverb

hushful, adjective

hush·ful·ly, adverb

—Synonyms 6. peace, stillness, tranquillity.

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hush Audio Help   (hŭsh) Pronunciation Key
v.   hushed, hush·ing, hush·es

v.   tr.

To make silent or quiet.
To calm; soothe.
To keep from public knowledge; suppress mention of. Often used with up: tried to hush up the damaging details.

v.   intr.
To be or become silent or still.

n.   A silence or stillness, especially after noise.

adj.   Archaic
Silent; quiet.

[Probably back-formation from Middle English husht, silent, of imitative origin.]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
hush

1546, variant of M.E. huisht (c.1380), probably of imitative origin, with terminal -t lost probably by being mistaken for a pt. suffix. Hush-hush (adj.) is 1916 reduplication. Hush-money is attested from 1709. Hush-puppy "deep-fried ball of cornmeal batter" first attested 1918; as a type of lightweight soft shoe, it is a proprietary name, registered 1961.

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hush
noun
1.	(poetic) tranquil silence; "the still of the night"
verb
1.	become quiet or still; fall silent; "hush my baby!"
2.	cause to be quiet or not talk; "Please silence the children in the church!" [ant: louden]
3.	become quiet or quieter; "The audience fell silent when the speaker entered" [syn: quieten] [ant: louden]
4.	wash by removing particles; "Wash ores"
5.	run water over the ground to erode (soil), revealing the underlying strata and valuable minerals

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
hush [haʃ] interjection

be quiet; silence
Example: Hush! Don't wake the baby.

Arabic:	يُسْكِت، يُهَدِّئ
Chinese (Simplified):	嘘！别作声！安静
Chinese (Traditional):	噓，別作聲！
Czech:	pst!
Danish:	stille! tys!
Dutch:	Stil!
Estonian:	tasa!
Finnish:	hys
French:	chut!
German:	still!
Greek:	σιωπή! (επιφ.)
Hungarian:	pszt!
Icelandic:	suss! þögn!
Indonesian:	hus! Ssst!
Italian:	zitto!, silenzio!

Japanese:	しっ
Korean:	쉬, 조용히
Latvian:	klusu!
Lithuanian:	ša!
Norwegian:	hysj!; tyss!; stille!
Polish:	cicho
Portuguese (Brazil):	quieto, silêncio
Portuguese (Portugal):	caluda!
Romanian:	sst!
Russian:	тише!, молчите!
Slovak:	pst!
Slovenian:	pst!
Spanish:	¡silencio!
Swedish:	hyssj!, sch!
Turkish:	Sus!; Sesini kes!

hush [haʃ] noun

silence
Example: A hush came over the room.

Arabic:	سُكوت، هُدوء
Chinese (Simplified):	静寂
Chinese (Traditional):	靜寂
Czech:	ticho
Danish:	tavshed
Dutch:	stilte
Estonian:	vaikus
Finnish:	hiljaisuus
French:	silence
German:	die Stille
Greek:	σιωπή
Hungarian:	csend
Icelandic:	þögn
Indonesian:	kesunyian
Italian:	silenzio

Japanese:	静けさ
Korean:	침묵
Latvian:	klusums
Lithuanian:	tyla
Norwegian:	taushet, tysthet
Polish:	cisza
Portuguese (Brazil):	silêncio
Portuguese (Portugal):	silêncio
Romanian:	linişte
Russian:	молчание
Slovak:	ticho
Slovenian:	tišina
Spanish:	silencio
Swedish:	tystnad, stillhet
Turkish:	sessizlik, sükûnet

See also: hush up, hushed

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Hush

Hist\, interj. [Cf. Dan. hys. ?. Cf. Hush, Whist.] Hush; be silent; -- a signal for silence. --Milton.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

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. --Shak.

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

With thou, then, Hush my cares? --Otway.

And hush'd my deepest grief of all. --Tennyson.

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

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

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. --Keble.

But all these strangers' presence every one did hush. --Spenser.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

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.

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