hush

1. v. t. To still; to silence; to calm; to make quiet; to repress the noise or clamor of. Source: opted

2. v. t. To appease; to allay; to calm; to soothe. Source: opted

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. Source: opted

4. n. Stillness; silence; quiet. Source: opted

5. a. Silent; quiet. Source: opted

6. n. (poetic) tranquil silence Source: wordnet

7. v. become quiet or still; fall silent Source: wordnet

8. v. cause to be quiet or not talk Source: wordnet

9. v. become quiet or quieter Source: wordnet

10. v. wash by removing particles Source: wordnet

11. v. run water over the ground to erode (soil), revealing the underlying strata and valuable minerals Source: wordnet

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. Source: webster

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