hush (redirected from hushes)

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

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hush [hʌʃ] n → calme m, silence m

vt → faire taire;

hush! → chut!

hush up vt [+ fact] → étouffer

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hush [hʌʃ] n → Stille f

vt → zum Schweigen bringen;

hush! → pst!

hush up hush vt → vertuschen

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hush [hʌʃ] n → silenzio, calma

vt → zittire;

hush! → zitto/a!

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