Thesaurus: hush

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1. v. t. To still; to silence; to calm; to make quiet; to repress the noise or clamor of.
2. v. t. To appease; to allay; to calm; to soothe.
3. 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.
4. n. Stillness; silence; quiet.
5. a. Silent; quiet.
6. n. (poetic) tranquil silence
7. v. become quiet or still; fall silent
8. v. cause to be quiet or not talk
9. v. become quiet or quieter
10. v. wash by removing particles
11. v. run water over the ground to erode (soil), revealing the underlying strata and valuable minerals
12. 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. 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. 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. Silent; quiet. "Hush as death." Shak.