hush

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /hʌʃ/, /hʊʃ/, X-SAMPA: /hVS/
• Rhymes: -ʌʃ

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

to become quiet

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 安靜 (cmn), 安静 (cmn) (ānjìng)

• German: verstummen (de), still werden (de)

• Japanese: 黙る (ja) (だまる, damaru)
• Russian: замолкать (ru) (zamolkátʹ) impf., замолкнуть (ru) (zamólknutʹ) pf., замолчать (ru) (zamolčátʹ) pf.
• Spanish: callar (es), callarse (es)

to make quiet

• German: zum Schweigen bringen (de)
• Russian: утихомиривать (ru) (utixomírivatʹ) impf., успокаивать (ru) (uspokáivatʹ) impf.

• Spanish: callar (es)

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

silence

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 安靜 (cmn), 安静 (cmn) (ānjìng)

• Danish: stilhed (da) c
• French: silence (fr) f

• German: Stille (de) f, Ruhe (de) f
• Japanese: 静けさ (ja) (しずけさ, shizukesa)
• Russian: тишина (ru) (tišiná) f, молчание (ru) (molčánije) n
• Spanish: silencio (es) m

mining method

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• Japanese: 静けさ(しずけさ, shizukesa)

Derived terms

hush money hush puppy hush up

hushaby husher hushful

hush-hire hush-hush hush-shop

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Alternative forms

• wish

Determiner

hush

1. which