hush

[US]/hʌʃ/
[UK]/hʌʃ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. be quiet; keep silent; quiet down
n. silence; quietness; stillness
vi. become quiet; be silent
int. shhh; be silent.

Phrases & Collocations

hush up

keep it hush-hush

hush money

hush-hush affair

hush puppies

Example Sentences

a hush-hush research unit.

hush boat (=hush ship)

Hush! Someone will hear you.

Hush, the deads are dreaming!!

a breathless hush in the concert hall

A hush fell over the onlookers.

a deathly hush fell over the breakfast table.

tried to hush up the damaging details.

management took steps to hush up the dangers.

a hush descended over the crowd.

he addressed the hushed courtroom.

The crowd hushed, and she sang.

Hush!And shush.For the beldam might be listening.

A hush fell over the meeting-room.

The mother hushed her noisy child.

It was this cloistral hush which gave our laughter its resonance.

The matter should not be hushed up, but freely ventilated.

he placed a finger before pursed lips to hush her.

Monet's Mornings on the Seine series, with their hushed and delicate mood.

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