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Pronunciation : Hush
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [OE. huschen, hussen, prob. of imitative origin; cf. LG. hussen to lull to sleep, G. husch quick, make haste, be silent.]
Definition : 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. Shak.

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.

t. [imp. & p. p. Hushed; p. pr. & vb. n. Hushing.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Hush
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: 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.

i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Hush
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Hush
Part of Speech : a.
Definition : Defn: Silent; quiet. "Hush as death." Shak.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913