HUSH


Meaning of HUSH in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ hʌʃ ]

( hushes, hushing, hushed)

1.

You say ‘ Hush! ’ to someone when you are asking or telling them to be quiet.

Hush, my love, it’s all right.

CONVENTION

2.

If you hush someone or if they hush , they stop speaking or making a noise.

She tried to hush her noisy father...

I had to box Max’s ears to get him to hush.

VERB : V n , V

3.

You say there is a hush in a place when everything is quiet and peaceful, or suddenly becomes quiet.

A hush fell over the crowd and I knew something terrible had happened.

= silence

N-SING : also no det

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