(~es, ~ing, ~ed)
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 ~ someone or if they ~, they stop speaking or making a noise.
She tried to ~ her noisy father...
I had to box Max’s ears to get him to ~.
VERB: V n, V
3.
You say there is a ~ in a place when everything is quiet and peaceful, or suddenly becomes quiet.
A ~ fell over the crowd and I knew something terrible had happened.
= silence
N-SING: also no det