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hush

Nouns

• (n) (poetic) tranquil silence
  • the still of the night
  stillness, still,

Verbs

• (v) become quiet or still; fall silent
  • hush my baby!
• (v) cause to be quiet or not talk
  • Please silence the children in the church!
  silence, hush up, still, quieten, shut up,
• (v) become quiet or quieter
  • The audience fell silent when the speaker entered
  pipe down, quiesce, quiet, quiet down, quieten,
• (v) wash by removing particles
  • Wash ores
• (v) run water over the ground to erode (soil), revealing the underlying strata and valuable minerals

Synonyms

stillness still silence hush up quieten shut up pipe down quiesce quiet quiet down

Antonyms

louden

See also

hush up sleek over whitewash gloss over

Words of close approximity