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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
    
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, be quiet, whisht [UK, Ireland, dialect]

Derived forms: hushing, hushed, hushes

See also: hush up

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

Encyclopedia: Hush, Hush, Sweet Liars