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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!";
   - quieten [Brit], silence, still, shut up, hush up
    
3. Become quiet or quieter
   - quieten [Brit], quiet, quiesce, quiet down, pipe down
    
4. (mining) wash by removing particles
   - wash
    
5. (mining) run water over the ground to erode (soil), revealing the underlying strata and valuable minerals

1. (poetic) tranquil silence
   "the hush of the night";
   - stillness, still

1. Be silent
   "hush! Remember the people downstairs!";
   - silence, sh, shh, shush [informal], be quiet, whisht [UK, Ireland, dialect]

Derived forms: hushing, hushed, hushes

Type of: change, change intensity, conquer, irrigate, lave, quiet, silence, stamp down, subdue, suppress, wash, water

Antonym: louden

Encyclopedia: Hush, Little Baby