[
US
/ˈhəʃ/
]
[ UK /hˈʌʃ/ ]
[ UK /hˈʌʃ/ ]
VERB
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become quiet or quieter
The audience fell silent when the speaker entered - run water over the ground to erode (soil), revealing the underlying strata and valuable minerals
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become quiet or still; fall silent
hush my baby! -
cause to be quiet or not talk
Please silence the children in the church! -
wash by removing particles
Wash ores
NOUN
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(poetic) tranquil silence
the still of the night
How To Use hush In A Sentence
- The announcement hushed the crowd but soon the hubbub returned and the misfortune was forgotten.
- He did not flinch as the verdict was read to a hushed court - and his hopes of divine intervention were vanquished.
- Weez she prefer chorizo to liver I wonderin how this one feel Blood T said but then shushed. RANDOM ACTS OF SENSELESS VIOLENCE
- Eminent theatre personalities Zohra Segal and Ebrahim Alkazi and noted 'mridangam' Carnatic artist Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman are the other three chosen for Padma Vibhushan award by the government which, in all, named 130 people, including 13 in the category of foreigners, NRIs and PIOs. 43 are Padma Bhushan and 83 are Padma Shri. The Times of India
- On the surface, it seems the radio babblers have been unceremoniously shushed.
- Then a hush fell upon the fisherfolk, and only was heard the moan of the off-shore wind and the cries of the gulls flying low in the air. Nam-Bok, the Unveracious
- A TEN-year-old schoolgirl yesterday told a hushed court how she had seen the man accused of murdering and dismembering another man beat her mother.
- From beyond the doors, the hubbub still continued; but it trailed off, damped by the hush of those in front to a kind of shamefaced muttering. Funeral Games
- The spacey grooves of the title track and the hushed melodies of the second single are pleasant enough, but simply don't resonate as strongly.
- A sense of unease and foreboding quickly descended on the crowded chamber, followed by a hush minutes later when confirmation came through of what had happened.