To conceal by keeping silent about; to suppress all mention of, to hush up (a matter, etc.). Obsolete. (Now with up: see 6a.)

to shuffle up: to manage in secret; to hush up. Obsolete.

With up. To conceal, suppress, hush up (a matter, etc.). Cf. sense 2a.

To cover or hush up; to conceal. Obsolete.

To hush up, gloss over, make less conspicuous or offensive.

transitive. With over. To conceal or misrepresent (a crime, fault, etc.); to cover up. Also (in weaker sense): to pass or gloss over (a point…

Usually in to hush up. To suppress talk, mention, or discussion of; to procure silence concerning; to keep from getting known.

With adverbs. To daub over so as to cover or conceal. Chiefly figurative, to gloss over.

To gloss over, minimize.

To put an end to, to settle (a dispute, question, etc.) in some way. Also, to pass over or suppress (something discreditable).

In occasional figurative uses. To throw a veil over (faults).

transitive. To hush up (a matter).

transitive. To keep secret or concealed; to hush up.

transitive. To conceal (a crime, etc.).