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1. In a softened tone
   "hushed voices"
   - muted, subdued, quiet

1. Become quiet or still; fall silent
   "hush my baby!"
    
2. Cause to be quiet or not talk
   "Please hush the children in the church!"; "Please hush up the children in the church!"
   - quieten, silence, still, shut up, hush up
    
3. Become quiet or quieter
   - quieten, quiet, quiesce, quiet down, pipe down
    
4. Wash by removing particles
    
5. Run water over the ground to erode (soil), revealing the underlying strata and valuable minerals

See also: hush up, soft

Type of: change, change intensity, conquer, curb, inhibit, irrigate, lave, stamp down, subdue, suppress, wash, water

Encyclopedia: Hush Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte Hush, Little Baby