Hypertext Webster Gateway: "hush"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hush \Hush\, a.
Silent; quiet. ``Hush as death.'' --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
hush
n : (poetic) tranquil silence; "the still of the night" [syn: {stillness},
{still}]
v 1: become quiet or still; fall silent; "hush my babay!"
2: cause to be quiet or not talk; "Please silence the children
in the church!" [syn: {quieten}, {silence}, {still}, {shut
up}, {hush up}] [ant: {louden}]
3: become quiet or quieter; "The audience fell silent when the
speaker entered" [syn: {quieten}, {quiet}, {quiesce}, {quiet
down}, {pipe down}] [ant: {louden}]
4: wash by removing particles; in mining; "Wash ores"
5: run water over the ground to erode (soil), revealing the
underlying strata and valuable minerals; in mining
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