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