hush  /hʌʃ/

noun

1. (poetic) tranquil silence; "the still of the night"

synset: hush, stillness, still

verb

1. become quiet or still; fall silent; "hush my baby!"

synset: hush

2. cause to be quiet or not talk; "Please silence the children in the church!"

synset: hush, quieten, silence, still, shut_up, hush_up

antonym: louden

3. become quiet or quieter; "The audience fell silent when the speaker entered"

synset: quieten, hush, quiet, quiesce, quiet_down, pipe_down

antonym: louden

4. wash by removing particles; "Wash ores"

synset: hush

5. run water over the ground to erode (soil), revealing the underlying strata and valuable minerals

synset: hush

Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

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