hush

Etymology

From Middle English huschen (“to hush”) (as past participle Middle English husht (“silent; hushed”) and interjection husht (“quiet!”)). Cognate with Low German huschen, hüssen (“to hush; lull”), German huschen (“to shoo; scurry”), Danish hysse (“to hush”),and maybe with Albanian hesht

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hʌʃ/, /hʊʃ/
• Rhymes: -ʌʃ

Verb

hush (third-person singular simple present hushes, present participle hushing, simple past and past participle hushed)

1. (intransitive) to become quiet
2. (transitive) to make quiet
3. (transitive) To appease; to allay; to soothe.
   • Otway

     Wilt thou, then, Hush my cares?

   • Tennyson

     And hush'd my deepest grief of all.

Noun

hush (uncountable)

1. A silence, especially after some noise
   • Byron

     It is the hush of night.

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2. A mining method using water

Anagrams

• Huhs

Alternative forms

• wish

Determiner

hush

1. which