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hush
(hŭsh)v. hushed, hush·ing, hush·es
v.tr.
1. To make silent or quiet.
2. To calm; soothe.
3. To keep from public knowledge; suppress mention of. Often used with up: tried to hush up the damaging details.
v.intr.
To be or become silent or still.
n.
A silence or stillness, especially after noise.
adj. Archaic
Silent; quiet.
[Probably back-formation from Middle English husht, silent, of imitative origin.]
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hush
(hʌʃ)vb
1. to make or become silent; quieten
2. to soothe or be soothed
n
3. stillness; silence
4. an act of hushing
interj
a plea or demand for silence
[C16: probably from earlier husht quiet!, the -t being thought to indicate a past participle]
hushed adj
hush
(hʌʃ) miningvb (tr)
1. (Mining & Quarrying) to run water over the ground to erode (surface soil), revealing the underlying strata and any valuable minerals present
2. (Mining & Quarrying) to wash (an ore) by removing particles of earth with rushing water
n
(Mining & Quarrying) a gush of water, esp when artificially produced
[C18: of imitative origin]
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hush
(hʌʃ)interj., v. hushed, hush•ing,
n. interj.
1. (used as a command to be silent or quiet.)
v.i. 2. to become or be silent or quiet.
v.t. 3. to make silent; silence.
4. to suppress mention of; keep concealed (often fol. by up): to hush up a scandal.
5. to calm, quiet, or allay: to hush someone's fears.
n. 6. silence or quiet, esp. after noise; stillness.
[1350–1400; appar. back formation from husht whist 2 (Middle English huissht), the -t being taken for past participle suffix]
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hush
Past participle: hushed
Gerund: hushing
| Imperative |
|---|
| hush |
| hush |
| Present |
|---|
| I hush |
| you hush |
| he/she/it hushes |
| we hush |
| you hush |
| they hush |
| Preterite |
|---|
| I hushed |
| you hushed |
| he/she/it hushed |
| we hushed |
| you hushed |
| they hushed |
| Present Continuous |
|---|
| I am hushing |
| you are hushing |
| he/she/it is hushing |
| we are hushing |
| you are hushing |
| they are hushing |
| Present Perfect |
|---|
| I have hushed |
| you have hushed |
| he/she/it has hushed |
| we have hushed |
| you have hushed |
| they have hushed |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was hushing |
| you were hushing |
| he/she/it was hushing |
| we were hushing |
| you were hushing |
| they were hushing |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had hushed |
| you had hushed |
| he/she/it had hushed |
| we had hushed |
| you had hushed |
| they had hushed |
| Future |
|---|
| I will hush |
| you will hush |
| he/she/it will hush |
| we will hush |
| you will hush |
| they will hush |
| Future Perfect |
|---|
| I will have hushed |
| you will have hushed |
| he/she/it will have hushed |
| we will have hushed |
| you will have hushed |
| they will have hushed |
| Future Continuous |
|---|
| I will be hushing |
| you will be hushing |
| he/she/it will be hushing |
| we will be hushing |
| you will be hushing |
| they will be hushing |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I have been hushing |
| you have been hushing |
| he/she/it has been hushing |
| we have been hushing |
| you have been hushing |
| they have been hushing |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I will have been hushing |
| you will have been hushing |
| he/she/it will have been hushing |
| we will have been hushing |
| you will have been hushing |
| they will have been hushing |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I had been hushing |
| you had been hushing |
| he/she/it had been hushing |
| we had been hushing |
| you had been hushing |
| they had been hushing |
| Conditional |
|---|
| I would hush |
| you would hush |
| he/she/it would hush |
| we would hush |
| you would hush |
| they would hush |
| Past Conditional |
|---|
| I would have hushed |
| you would have hushed |
| he/she/it would have hushed |
| we would have hushed |
| you would have hushed |
| they would have hushed |
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Noun 1. hush - (poetic) tranquil silence; "the still of the night"
Verb 1. hush - become quiet or still; fall silent; "hush my baby!"
change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"
2. hush - cause to be quiet or not talk; "Please silence the children in the church!"
shush - silence (someone) by uttering `shush!'
conquer, inhibit, stamp down, suppress, subdue, curb - to put down by force or authority; "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires"
shout down - silence or overwhelm by shouting
pipe down, quiesce, quiet, quiet down, quieten, hush - become quiet or quieter; "The audience fell silent when the speaker entered"
hush up, sleek over, whitewash, gloss over - cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error; "Let's not whitewash the crimes of Stalin"; "She tried to gloss over her mistakes"
3. hush - become quiet or quieter; "The audience fell silent when the speaker entered"
silence, still, hush, hush up, quieten, shut up - cause to be quiet or not talk; "Please silence the children in the church!"
change intensity - increase or decrease in intensity
4. hush - wash by removing particles; "Wash ores"
mining, excavation - the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth
5. hush - run water over the ground to erode (soil), revealing the underlying strata and valuable minerals
mining, excavation - the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth
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hush
noun
1. quiet, silence, calm, still (poetic), peace, tranquillity, stillness, peacefulness A hush fell over the crowd.
hush someone up silence, gag (informal), keep quiet, muzzle The Conservative Government was only too quick to hush him up.
hush something up cover up, conceal, suppress, sit on (informal), squash, smother, keep secret, sweep under the carpet (informal), draw a veil over, keep dark The authorities have tried to hush it up.
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hush
verb2. To hold (something requiring an outlet) in check.Also used with up:
burke, choke (back), gag, hold back, hold down, muffle, quench, repress, smother, squelch, stifle, strangle, suppress, throttle.
Informal: sit on (or upon).
3. To prevent (something) from being known.Also used with up:
Idioms: keep under cover, keep under wraps.
1. The absence of sound or noise:
2. An absence of motion or disturbance:
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Translations
سُكوت، هُدوءيُسْكِت، يُهَدِّئ
pst!ticho
tavshed
pszt!
òögnsuss! òögn!
nuščiuvęsnutilęsnutylėtiša!
klusu!klusums
pst!
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
hush
vi → still sein
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
hush
[hʌʃ]hush up vt + adv (fact) → cercare di far passare sotto silenzio ; (scandal) → mettere a tacere ; (person) → far star zitto/a, zittire
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
hush
(haʃ) interjection be quiet; silence. Hush! Don't wake the baby. sjuut يُسْكِت، يُهَدِّئ тихо! silêncio! pst! still! stille! tys! σιωπή! (επιφ.) ¡silencio! tasa! هيس hys chut! שקט चुप हो जाना pst! mir! pszt! hus! Ssst! suss! þögn! zitto!, silenzio! しっ 조용히! ša! klusu! syh! Stil! hysj!; tyss!; stille! cicho کرارول caluda! sst! тише!, молчите! pst! pst! pst hyssj!, sch! คําออกเสียงเพื่อขอให้เงียบ Sus!; Sesini kes! 噓!別作聲! мовчати چپ رہو، چپ ہو جاؤ Im nào 嘘!别作声!安静!
noun silence. A hush came over the room. stilte سُكوت، هُدوء тишина silêncio ticho die Stille tavshed σιωπή silencio vaikus سكوت hiljaisuus silence דממה शान्ति tišina, muk csend kesunyian þögn silenzio 静けさ 침묵 tyla klusums kesenyapan stilte taushet, tysthet cisza سکوت silêncio linişte молчание ticho tišina tišina tystnad, stillhet ความเงียบ sessizlik, sükûnet 鴉雀無聲 тиша خاموشی sự im lặng 静寂
hushed adjective silent, still. a hushed room/crowd. stil ساكِن، هادئ притихнал silencioso tichý still tavs σιωπηλός, ακίνητος silencioso vaikne ساكت hiljainen silencieux שקט निस्तब्ध tih, miran, šutljiv csendes sunyi þögull silenzioso しんとした 조용한 nutilęs, nuščiuvęs apklusināts; klusējošs senyap stil tyst, stille cichy چپ، ساکت silencioso tăcut безмолвный tichý tih tih lugn, stilla, tyst เงียบ; สงบ sessiz, sakin, susmuş 鴉雀無聲的 безмовний; тихий خاموش im lặng 沉静的
hush up to prevent from becoming known to the general public. The affair was hushed up. stilhou يَكْتُم فَضيحَة، يَطْمُس заглушавам silenciar ututlat vertuschen dysse ned κουκουλώνω, αποσιωπώ silenciar; encubrir maha vaikima سر و صداي چيزي را در نياوردن salata étouffer לְהַסתִיר छिपाव zataškati agyonhallgat, eltussol ditutup-tutupi þagga (e-ð) niður soffocare, mettere a tacere もみ消す 침묵하다 nutylėti, užgniaužti apklusināt merahsiakan in de doofpot verdwijnen dysse ned (za)tuszować د غالمغال او شورماشور نه مخنیوی کول silenciar a muşamaliza замять ututlať potlačiti zataškati tysta ner ปกปิด örtbas etmek, gizlemek 遮掩 замовчувати, заминати معاملے کو دبا دینا ỉm đi 遮掩
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