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Hush

//hʌʃ// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A silence, especially after some noise countable, uncountable

    "It is the hush of night."

  2. 2
    (poetic) tranquil silence wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To become quiet. intransitive
  2. 2
    run water over the ground to erode (soil), revealing the underlying strata and valuable minerals wordnet
  3. 3
    To make quiet. transitive
  4. 4
    wash by removing particles wordnet
  5. 5
    To appease; to allay; to soothe. transitive

    "VVilt thou then / Huſh my Cares thus, and ſhelter me vvith Love?"

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  1. 6
    become quiet or still; fall silent wordnet
  2. 7
    To clear off soil and other materials overlying the bedrock. transitive
  3. 8
    cause to be quiet or not talk wordnet
  4. 9
    become quiet or quieter wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English huschen (“to hush”) (as past participle 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 Albanian hesht.

Etymology 2

From Middle English huschen (“to hush”) (as past participle 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 Albanian hesht.

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