hush meaning

UK /hʌʃ/ US /hʌʃ/ 1 syllable

hush (verb): become quiet or still; fall silent.

hush has 6 meanings in this dictionary, as verb and noun.

hush as a verb

  1. become quiet or still; fall silent
    • hush my baby!

    Type of: change

  2. cause to be quiet or not talk
    • Please silence the children in the church!

    Synonyms: quieten, silence, still, shut up, hush up

    Type of: suppress

    Kinds: shush, lull, shout down, gag

  3. become quiet or quieter
    • The audience fell silent when the speaker entered

    Synonyms: quieten, quiet, quiesce, quiet down, pipe down

    Type of: change intensity

  4. wash by removing particles
    • Wash ores

    Type of: wash

  5. run water over the ground to erode (soil), revealing the underlying strata and valuable minerals

    Type of: water

hush as a noun

  1. (poetic) tranquil silence
    • the still of the night

    Synonyms: stillness, still

    Type of: silence

How to pronounce hush

hush is pronounced /hʌʃ/ in British English and /hʌʃ/ in American English. It has 1 syllable.

Words that rhyme with hush

Scrabble score: 10 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with HU · words ending in SH · 4-letter words

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