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(hus̸h)

transitive verb

to stop from making noise; make quiet or silent
to soothe; calm; lull

Origin: ME huschen < huscht, quiet (mistaken as pp.): of echoic orig.

intransitive verb

to stop making noise; be or become quiet or silent

adjective

Archaic silent; hushed

noun

absence of noise; quiet; silence

interjection

be silent

See hush in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb hushed, hush·ing, hush·es

verb, transitive

To make silent or quiet.
To calm; soothe.
To keep from public knowledge; suppress mention of. Often used with up: tried to hush up the damaging details.

verb, intransitive

To be or become silent or still.

noun

A silence or stillness, especially after noise.

adjective
Archaic

Silent; quiet.

Origin:

Origin: Probably back-formation from Middle English husht, silent

Origin: , of imitative origin

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