Hush

/hʌʃ/ · verb

Meaning

(intransitive) To become quiet..

Definitions by Sense

1. (intransitive) To become quiet.
2. (transitive) To make quiet.
3. (transitive) To appease; to allay; to soothe.
4. (transitive) To clear off soil and other materials overlying the bedrock.
5. A silence, especially after some noise

Example Sentences

VVilt thou then / Huſh my Cares thus, and ſhelter me vvith Love?

And hush’d my deepest grief of all.

It is the hush of night.

And there fell a hush upon the gods when they saw that Māna rested, and there was silence on Pegāna save for the drumming of Skarl.

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Word Forms

• hushes
• hushing
• hushed

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