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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
hush       [huhsh] Pronunciation Key
–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]

hush·ed·ly       [huhsh-id-lee, huhsht-lee] Pronunciation Key, adverb
hushful, adjective
hush·ful·ly, adverb

6. peace, stillness, tranquillity.
American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
hush       (hŭsh)  Pronunciation Key 
v.   hushed, hush·ing, hush·es

v.   tr.
  1. To make silent or quiet.
  2. To calm; soothe.
  3. 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.]

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.

WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
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 

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.

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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.

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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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Hush

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

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