hush
21hush up — verb 1. cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error Let s not whitewash the crimes of Stalin She tried to gloss over her mistakes • Syn: ↑whitewash, ↑gloss over, ↑sleek over • Derivationally related forms: ↑whitewash …
22hush — hush1 [hʌʃ] v [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: husht silent, hushed (15 19 centuries), from husht a word used to tell people to keep quiet] 1.) hush spoken used to tell people to be quiet or to comfort a child who is crying or upset ▪ Hush, now. Try to… …
23hush — [[t]hʌ̱ʃ[/t]] hushes, hushing, hushed 1) CONVENTION You say Hush! to someone when you are asking or telling them to be quiet. Hush, my love, it s all right. 2) V ERG If you hush someone or they hush, they stop speaking or making a noise. [V n]… …
24hush — hush1 [ hʌʃ ] verb 1. ) intransitive always in imperative SPOKEN used for telling someone to be quiet: Hush! You ll wake the baby! a ) used for trying to calm someone who is upset: Hush sweetheart, it s OK now. 2. ) intransitive or transitive to… …
25hush — 1 verb 1 hush! spoken used to tell people to be quiet or to comfort a child who is crying or upset: Hush, now. Try to get to sleep. 2 (T) to make someone stop shouting, talking, crying etc 3 (I) to stop shouting, talking etc hush sth up phrasal… …
26hush — I UK [hʌʃ] / US verb Word forms hush : present tense I/you/we/they hush he/she/it hushes present participle hushing past tense hushed past participle hushed 1) a) [intransitive, always in imperative] spoken used for telling someone to be quiet… …
27hush — 1. verb will somebody please hush those kids in the back row? Syn: silence, quiet, quiet down, shush; soothe, calm, pacify; gag, muzzle, muffle, mute; informal shut up 2. exclamation someone s coming, everybody hush! Syn: be quiet …
28hush — Synonyms and related words: allay, appease, assibilate, assibilation, awful silence, black out, buzz, calm, calm down, censor, choke, choke off, compose, conceal, cool, cover up, cradle, dead, dead of night, deathlike silence, dulcify, dumbfound …
29hush up — 1) PHRASAL VERB If someone hushes something up, they prevent other people from knowing about it. [V n P] The scandal has been discussed by the politburo, although the authorities have tried to hush it up... [V P n (not pron)] The Ministry… …
30hush — [hʌʃ] verb I 1) [I] spoken used for telling someone to be quiet Hush! You ll wake the baby![/ex] 2) [I] spoken used for trying to calm someone who is upset Hush, sweetheart, it s OK now.[/ex] 3) [I/T] to stop talking, crying, or making noise, or… …
