- (used as a command to be silent or quiet.)
- to become or be silent or quiet: They hushed as the judge walked in.
- to make silent; silence.
- to suppress mention of; keep concealed (often followed by up): They hushed up the scandal.
- to calm, quiet, or allay: to hush someone's fears.
- silence or quiet, especially after noise.
- either of the sibilant sounds (sh) and (zh).
- silent; quiet.
- to make or become silent; quieten
- to soothe or be soothed
- stillness; silence
- an act of hushing
- a plea or demand for silence
- 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
- a gush of water, esp when artificially produced
