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    hush
    /hʌʃ/

    verb

    • 1. make (someone) be quiet or stop talking: "he placed a finger before pursed lips to hush her" Similar silenceshushgagmuzzle

    noun

    • 1. a silence: "a hush descended over the crowd"

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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishHUSH | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    a sudden, calm silence: deathly hush There was a deathly hush after she made the announcement. hush falls A hush fell over the room. mainly UK informal Let's have some hush, please! (= Be quiet, please !) Synonyms. still (NOT MOVING) literary. stillness. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Silence & quiet. acoustic tile. crickets idiom.

  3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › hushHush Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    noun. : a silence or calm especially following noise : quiet. Synonyms. Verb.

  4. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryHUSH | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    a sudden, calm silence: deathly hush There was a deathly hush after she made the announcement. hush falls A hush fell over the room. mainly UK informal Let's have some hush, please! (= Be quiet, please !) Synonyms. still (NOT MOVING) literary. stillness. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Silence & quiet. acoustic tile. crickets idiom.

  5. www.dictionary.com › browse › hushHUSH Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Hush definition: (used as a command to be silent or quiet.). See examples of HUSH used in a sentence.

  6. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishHUSH definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    You say there is a hush in a place when everything is quiet and peaceful, or suddenly becomes quiet. A hush fell over the crowd and I knew something terrible had happened. American English : hush / ˈhʌʃ /

  7. www.dictionary.com › browse › hush!HUSH Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    verb. to run water over the ground to erode (surface soil), revealing the underlying strata and any valuable minerals present. to wash (an ore) by removing particles of earth with rushing water. noun. a gush of water, esp when artificially produced.

  8. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › hushHush - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    To hush is to become quiet. When an audience is eager to hear a speaker, it will hush as soon as she begins to talk.

  9. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › learner-englishHUSH | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionary

    HUSH definition: 1. used to tell someone to be quiet, especially if they are crying: 2. a period of silence: 3. to…. Learn more.

  10. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishhush noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes...

    noun. /hʌʃ/ [singular, uncountable] a period of silence, especially following a lot of noise, or when people are expecting something to happen. There was a deathly hush in the theatre. A hush descended over the waiting crowd. (British English, informal) Can we have a bit of hush? (= please be quiet) Extra Examples. Oxford Collocations Dictionary.

  11. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › us › definitionhush verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes...

    Definition of hush verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.