Dictionary Entry
hush
hush is a 4-letter English word with 11 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, adjective, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To still; to silence; to calm; to make quiet; to repress the noise or clamor of. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 9 · 11 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To still; to silence; to calm; to make quiet; to repress the noise or clamor of.
- 2transitive verb
To appease; to allay; to calm; to soothe.
- 3intransitive verb
To become or to keep still or quiet; to become silent; -- esp. used in the imperative, as an exclamation; be still; be silent or quiet; make no noise.
- 4noun
Stillness; silence; quiet.
- 5adjective
Silent; quiet.
- 6noun
(poetic) tranquil silence
"the still of the night"
- 7verb
run water over the ground to erode (soil), revealing the underlying strata and valuable minerals
- 8verb
wash by removing particles
"Wash ores"
- 9verb
become quiet or still; fall silent
"hush my baby!"
- 10verb
cause to be quiet or not talk
"Please silence the children in the church!"
- 11verb
become quiet or quieter
"The audience fell silent when the speaker entered"
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