Hush

v. t.	1.	To still; to silence; to calm; to make quiet; to repress the noise or clamor of. [imp. & p. p. Hushed (hŭsht); p. pr. & vb. n. Hushing.] 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. - Pope.
v. i.	1.	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.
n.	1.	Stillness; silence; quiet. Hush money money paid to secure silence, or to prevent the disclosure of facts. - Swift.
a.	1.	Silent; quiet.

Noun	1.	hush - (poetic) tranquil silence; "the still of the night" Synonyms: stillness, still
Verb	1.	hush - become quiet or still; fall silent; "hush my babay!"
	2.	hush - cause to be quiet or not talk; "Please silence the children in the church!" Synonyms: silence, still, hush up, quieten, shut up
	3.	hush - become quiet or quieter; "The audience fell silent when the speaker entered" Synonyms: pipe down, quiesce, quiet, quiet down, quieten
	4.	hush - wash by removing particles; "Wash ores"
	5.	hush - run water over the ground to erode (soil), revealing the underlying strata and valuable minerals

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