hush : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: hush	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for hush
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hush n (poetic) tranquil silence; "the still of the night" [syn: hush, stillness, still] v become quiet or still; fall silent; "hush my baby!" cause to be quiet or not talk; "Please silence the children in the church!" Synonym(s): hush, quieten, silence, still, shut up, hush up Antonym(s): louden become quiet or quieter; "The audience fell silent when the speaker entered" Synonym(s): quieten, hush, quiet, quiesce, quiet down, pipe down Antonym(s): louden wash by removing particles; "Wash ores" run water over the ground to erode (soil), revealing the underlying strata and valuable minerals
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hush \Hush\, v. i. 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hush \Hush\, n. Stillness; silence; quiet. [R.] [bd]It is the hush of night.[b8] --Byron. {Hush money}, money paid to secure silence, or to prevent the disclosure of facts. --Swift.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hush \Hush\, a. Silent; quiet. [bd]Hush as death.[b8] --Shak.