Hush
Hush (hush) , transitive verb
[Old English huschen, hussen, prob. of imitative origin; compare LG. hussen to lull to sleep, German 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.
2.
To appease; to allay; to calm; to soothe.
With thou, then,
Hush my cares?
And hush'd my deepest grief of all.
Collocations (1)
To hush up , to procure silence concerning; to suppress; to keep secret. This matter is hushed up.
Hush , intransitive verb
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.
But all these strangers' presence every one did hush.
Hush , noun
Stillness; silence; quiet. [Rare]
It is the hush of night.
Collocations (1)
Hush money , money paid to secure silence, or to prevent the disclosure of facts. — Swift
Hush , adjective
Silent; quiet.
Hush as death.