hush

🇺🇸 /hʌʃ/ 🇬🇧 /hʌʃ/
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verb
R

to become quiet or stop making noise

Hush, the baby is sleeping.

R

to make someone or something quieter

She hushed the baby to sleep.

noun
R

a period of quiet, especially after a lot of noise

There was a hush in the room after the announcement.

translation

v. to become quiet or stop making noise; to make someone or something quieter
n. a period of quiet, especially after a lot of noise

Word Forms

3rd Present hushes
Progressive hushing
Past hushed
Perfect hushed
Plural hushes