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Webster 1913 Edition

Hush

Hush

(hŭsh)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Hushed
(hŭsht)
;
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.
Shakespeare
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.

Hush

,
Verb.
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.

Hush

,
Noun.
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.

Hush

,
Adj.
Silent; quiet.
“Hush as death.”
Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition

Hush

HUSH

,
Adj.
[Heb. to be silent.] Silent; still; quiet; as, they are hush as death. This adjective never precedes the noun which it qualifies, except in the compound, hushmoney.

HUSH

,
Verb.
T.
To still; to silence; to calm; to make quiet; to repress noise; as, to hush the noisy crown; the winds were hushed.
My tongue shall hush again this storm of war.
1.
To appease; to allay; to calm, as commotion or agitation.
Wilt thou then
Hush my cares?

HUSH

,
Verb.
I.
To be still; to be silent.

HUSH

, imperative of the verb, used as an exclamation, be still; be silent or quiet; make no noise.
To hush up, to suppress; to keep concealed.
This matter is hushed up.

Definition 2024

hush

hush

English

Verb

hush ‎(third-person singular simple present hushes, present participle hushing, simple past and past participle hushed)

  1. (intransitive) to become quiet
  2. (transitive) to make quiet
  3. (transitive) To appease; to allay; to soothe.
    • Otway
      Wilt thou, then, Hush my cares?
    • Tennyson
      And hush'd my deepest grief of all.

Translations

Noun

hush ‎(uncountable)

  1. A silence, especially after some noise
    • Byron
      It is the hush of night.
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  1. A mining method using water

Translations

Derived terms

Jamaican Creole

Alternative forms

Determiner

hush

  1. which

Etymology

From Middle English huschen ‎(“to hush”) (as past participle Middle English husht ‎(“silent; hushed”) and interjection husht ‎(“quiet!”)). Cognate with Low German huschen, hüssen ‎(“to hush; lull”), German huschen ‎(“to shoo; scurry”), Danish hysse ‎(“to hush”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hʌʃ/, /hʊʃ/
  • Rhymes: -ʌʃ

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