hushed : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: hushed	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hushed adj in a softened tone; "hushed voices"; "muted trumpets"; "a subdued whisper"; "a quiet reprimand" Synonym(s): hushed, muted, subdued, quiet
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hush \Hush\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hushed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hushing}.] [OE. huschen, hussen, prob. of imitative origin; cf. LG. hussen to lull to sleep, G. husch quick, make haste, be silent.] 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. [bd]This matter is hushed up.[b8] --Pope.