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noun

Hush n. Stillness; silence; quiet. (R.) "It is the hush of night."

Hush money, money paid to secure silence, or to prevent the disclosure of facts.

verb

Hush v. t. (past & past part. hushed; pres. part. hushing)

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."

To appease; to allay; to calm; to soothe. "With thou, then, Hush my cares?" "And hush'd my deepest grief of all."

To hush up, to procure silence concerning; to suppress; to keep secret. "This matter is hushed up."

Hush v. 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." "But all these strangers' presence every one did hush."

adjective

Hush adj. Silent; quiet. "Hush as death."

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Etymology of 'Hush'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Hush" Quotes from Famous Books

... "Hush, don't let the guards hear you complaining," cautioned Marie. "It's like a trial, you get more for contempt of court if you ...

— Jane Allen: Junior • Edith Bancroft

... that occupation—a very unusual one with youth on horseback—that "chewing of the cud of sweet and bitter thought"—which testifies for premature troubles and still gnawing anxieties of soul. His thoughts were seemingly in full unison with the almost grave-like stillness and solemn hush of everything around him. His spirit appeared to yield itself up entirely to the mournful barrenness and uninviting associations, from which all but himself, birds and beasts, and the very insects, seemed utterly to have departed. The faint hum of a single ...

— Guy Rivers: A Tale of Georgia • William Gilmore Simms

... free, filled with life and health—and write it in words—the song of that joyous brook and set it to the music that it made as it echoed in gentle waves from the rocks and lofty walls, and with the gentle accompaniment of rustling trees—a soft singing hush, telling of rest, ...

— Death Valley in '49 • William Lewis Manly

... winter," writes the biographer of Beethoven, "we were walking through a narrow street of Bonn. 'Hush!' exclaimed the great composer, suddenly pausing before a little, mean dwelling, 'what sound is that? It is from my Sonata in F. Hark! how ...

— Pushing to the Front • Orison Swett Marden

... with the petulance of a spoiled child, "Hush your mouth, you old smartie! What good d't do you to go an' tie ...

— The Court of Boyville • William Allen White

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