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• n  (poetic) tranquil silence
• v  become quiet or still; fall silent
  hush my baby!
• v  cause to be quiet or not talk
• v  become quiet or quieter
• v  wash by removing particles
• v  run water over the ground to erode (soil), revealing the underlying strata and valuable minerals

• Ponti, then married, had tried keeping his relationship with Loren hush-hush, as his lawyers won a Mexican divorce from his estranged wife, Giuliana.
• Franklin Roosevelt experienced the satisfaction last week of one who, having raised his voice above those of angry disputants, hears them hush, sees their blows momentarily .
• The hush along the industrial front was almost unearthly.

• stillness
• still
• quieten
• silence
• shut up
• hush up
• quiet
• quiesce
• quiet down
• pipe down

• louden

News & Articles

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• The Limousines’ new album "Hush" is brutally honest
  The band that met on the internet returned there to collect pledges for its newest album "Hush." The band, The Limousines raised $75,808 and with that began recording their new album. Why were they raising money?
  June 21, 2013 - Independent Florida Alligator
• In Wildwood, playing for all the marbles
  WILDWOOD - There was a hush as Emily Cavacini lined up the shot. The 11-year-old steadily eyed the final target, a navy blue marble glinting in the afternoon sun, then knocked it out of the ring with her shooter marble.
  June 21, 2013 - Philly.com
• Legion fish fry is Friday
  The American Legion Post 138 in Bolivar will host a fish fry from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, June 21. Dinner consists of fish, coleslaw, French fries, hush puppies and drink. Cost is $6 per person.
  June 18, 2013 - Bolivar Herald-Free Press

Quotes

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• Martin Truex in SI.com
  It feels good to hush up all that and solidify the fact that we are here for real,Truex said. "We are going to win races and contend for championships in the future."
• Paula Abdul in Entertainment Weekly
  I couldn't cancel my tour,Abdul explained. "I didn't want anyone to count me out. I tried to keep everything hush-hush."
• Oleg Gordievsky in AFP
  On the third day I was in hospital, the deputy head of Special Branch in Guildford visited me and said there was no crime, no poison,Gordievsky said. "I realised that they wanted to hush up the crime. There has been accusation and...