hush

hush  (hsh)

v. hushed, hush·ing, hush·es

v.tr.

1. To make silent or quiet.

2. To calm; soothe.

3. To keep from public knowledge; suppress mention of. Often used with up: tried to hush up the damaging details.

v.intr.

To be or become silent or still.

n.

A silence or stillness, especially after noise.

adj. Archaic

Silent; quiet.

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[Probably back-formation from Middle English husht, silent, of imitative origin.]

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hush

Verb

to make or be silent

Noun

stillness or silence

interj

a plea or demand for silence [earlier husht quiet!]

hushed adj

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	hush - (poetic) tranquil silence; "the still of the night" stillness, still silence, quiet - the absence of sound; "he needed silence in order to sleep"; "the street was quiet" poesy, poetry, verse - literature in metrical form
Verb	1.	hush - become quiet or still; fall silent; "hush my baby!" change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"
	2.	hush - cause to be quiet or not talk; "Please silence the children in the church!" silence, still, hush up, quieten, shut up shush - silence (someone) by uttering `shush!' conquer, inhibit, stamp down, suppress, subdue, curb - to put down by force or authority; "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires" lull, calm down - become quiet or less intensive; "the fighting lulled for a moment" shout down - silence or overwhelm by shouting pipe down, quiesce, quiet, quiet down, quieten, hush - become quiet or quieter; "The audience fell silent when the speaker entered" gag, muzzle - prevent from speaking out; "The press was gagged" hush up, sleek over, whitewash, gloss over - cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error; "Let's not whitewash the crimes of Stalin"; "She tried to gloss over her mistakes"
	3.	hush - become quiet or quieter; "The audience fell silent when the speaker entered" pipe down, quiesce, quiet, quiet down, quieten silence, still, hush, hush up, quieten, shut up - cause to be quiet or not talk; "Please silence the children in the church!" change intensity - increase or decrease in intensity
	4.	hush - wash by removing particles; "Wash ores" mining, excavation - the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth lave, wash - cleanse (one's body) with soap and water
	5.	hush - run water over the ground to erode (soil), revealing the underlying strata and valuable minerals mining, excavation - the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth irrigate, water - supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams; "Water the fields"

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hush

verb 1. quieten, still, silence, suppress, mute, muzzle, shush

noun 2. quiet, silence, calm, still (poetic) peace, tranquillity, stillness, peacefulness

hush something up cover up, conceal, suppress, sit on (informal) squash, smother, keep secret, sweep under the carpet (informal) draw a veil over, keep dark

Translations

hush [hʌʃ] n → silencio

vt → hacer callar (= cover up); encubrir;

hush! → ¡chitón!, ¡cállate!

hush up vt [+ fact] → encubrir, callar

hush [hʌʃ] n → calme m, silence m

vt → faire taire;

hush! → chut!

hush up vt [+ fact] → étouffer

hush [hʌʃ] n → Stille f

vt → zum Schweigen bringen;

hush! → pst!

hush up hush vt → vertuschen

hush [hʌʃ] n → silenzio, calma

vt → zittire;

hush! → zitto/a!

hush up vt [+ fact] → cercare di far passare sotto silenzio

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hush

interj hush [haʃ]

be quiet; silence Hush! Don't wake the baby. sjuut يُسْكِت، يُهَدِّئ тихо! pst! stille! tys! still! σιωπή! (επιφ.) ¡silencio! tasa! هيس hys chut! שֶׁקֶט चुप हो जाना pst! mir! pszt! hus! Ssst! suss! þögn! zitto!, silenzio! しっ 쉬, 조용히 ša! klusu! syh! Stil! hysj!; tyss!; stille! cicho caluda! sst! тише!, молчите! pst! pst! pst hyssj!, sch! คำออกเสียงเพื่อขอให้เงียบ Sus!; Sesini kes! 噓，別作聲！ мовчати چپ رہو، چپ ہو جاؤ Im nào 嘘！别作声！安静

n

silence A hush came over the room. stilte سُكوت، هُدوء тишина ticho tavshed die Stille σιωπή silencio vaikus سكوت hiljaisuus silence דְּמָמָה शान्ति tišina, muk csend kesunyian þögn silenzio 静けさ 침묵 tyla klusums kesenyapan stilte taushet, tysthet cisza silêncio linişte молчание ticho tišina tišina tystnad, stillhet ความเงียบ sessizlik, sükûnet 靜寂 тиша خاموشی sự im lặng 静寂

adj hushed

silent, still a hushed room/crowd. stil ساكِن، هادئ притихнал tichý tavs still σιωπηλός, ακίνητος silencioso vaikne ساكت hiljainen silencieux שַקֶט निस्तब्ध tih, miran, šutljiv csendes sunyi þögull silenzioso しんとした 잠잠한 nutilęs, nuščiuvęs apklusināts; klusējošs senyap stil tyst, stille cichy silencioso tăcut безмолвный tichý tih tih lugn, stilla, tyst เงียบ; สงบ sessiz, sakin, susmuş 沉靜的 безмовний; тихий خاموش im lặng 沉静的

hush up

to prevent from becoming known to the general public The affair was hushed up. stilhou يَكْتُم فَضيحَة، يَطْمُس заглушавам ututlat dysse ned vertuschen κουκουλώνω (μτφ.), αποσιωπώ silenciar; encubrir maha vaikima سر و صداي چيزي را در نياوردن painaa villaisella étouffer לְהַסתִיר छिपाव zataškati agyonhallgat, eltussol ditutup-tutupi þagga (e-ð) niður soffocare, mettere a tacere もみ消す 은폐하다 nutylėti, užgniaužti apklusināt merahsiakan in de doofpot verdwijnen dysse ned (za)tuszować silenciar a muşamaliza замять ututlať potlačiti zataškati tysta ner ปกปิด örtbas etmek, gizlemek 遮掩 замовчувати, заминати معاملے کو دبا دینا ỉm đi 遮掩