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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024hushed /hʌʃt/USA pronunciation adj. - quiet:the hushed countryside.
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024hush /hʌʃ/USA pronunciation interj. - This word is used as a command to be silent or quiet:Hush, child, they'll hear you.
v. - to cause to become silent or quiet:[~ + object]We hushed the children when the mayor began his speech.
- to suppress mention of;
keep concealed: [~ + up + object]to hush up a scandal.[~ + object + up]to hush it up quickly. - to make calm:[~ + object]to hush someone's fears.
n. [countable* usually singular] - silence or quiet, esp. after noise;
stillness:A hush fell over the crowd.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024hush (hush),USA pronunciation interj. - (used as a command to be silent or quiet.)
v.i. - to become or be silent or quiet:They hushed as the judge walked in.
v.t. - to make silent; silence.
- to suppress mention of;
keep concealed (often fol. by up):They hushed up the scandal. - to calm, quiet, or allay:to hush someone's fears.
n. - silence or quiet, esp. after noise.
- Phoneticseither of the sibilant sounds (sh) and (zh).
adj. - [Archaic.]silent;
quiet.
- apparently back formation from husht whist2 (Middle English huissht), the -t being taken for past participle suffix 1350–1400
- 6.See corresponding entry in Unabridged peace, stillness, tranquillity.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: hush /hʌʃ/ vb - to make or become silent; quieten
n - stillness; silence
interj - a plea or demand for silence
Etymology: 16th Century: probably from earlier husht quiet!, the -t being thought to indicate a past participlehushed adj |