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Meaning of 'hush'
Meaning of 'hush' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Hush 
[ a.]
- Silent; quiet. [ a.]2. Hush [ n.]
- Stillness; silence; quiet. [ n.]3. 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. [ v. i.]4. Hush [ v. t.]
- To still; to silence; to calm; to make quiet; to repress
the noise or clamor of. [ v. t.]- To appease; to allay; to calm; to soothe.
Meaning of 'hush' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. hush [ n]
[ n]Meaning (1):
- (poetic) tranquil silence
- (poetic) tranquil silence
Example in sentence:
- the still of the night
2. hush [ v]
[ v]Meaning (2):
- become quiet or still; fall silent
- become quiet or still; fall silent
Example in sentence:
- hush my baby!
Meaning (3):
- cause to be quiet or not talk
- cause to be quiet or not talk
Example in sentence:
- Please silence the children in the church!
Meaning (4):
- become quiet or quieter
- become quiet or quieter
Example in sentence:
- The audience fell silent when the speaker entered
Meaning (5):
- wash by removing particles
- wash by removing particles
Example in sentence:
- Wash ores
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