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hush

[huhsh]
–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 whist 2 (ME huissht), the -t being taken for ptp. suffix


hush⋅ed⋅ly [huhsh-id-lee, huhsht-lee] , adverb
hushful, adjective
hush⋅ful⋅ly, adverb


6. peace, stillness, tranquillity.
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