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Meaning of hush

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  hush
      n 1: (poetic) tranquil silence; "the still of the night" [syn:
           {hush}, {stillness}, {still}]
      v 1: become quiet or still; fall silent; "hush my baby!"
      2: cause to be quiet or not talk; "Please silence the children
         in the church!" [syn: {hush}, {quieten}, {silence}, {still},
         {shut up}, {hush up}] [ant: {louden}]
      3: become quiet or quieter; "The audience fell silent when the
         speaker entered" [syn: {quieten}, {hush}, {quiet}, {quiesce},
         {quiet down}, {pipe down}] [ant: {louden}]
      4: wash by removing particles; "Wash ores"
      5: run water over the ground to erode (soil), revealing the
         underlying strata and valuable minerals

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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