hush
become quiet or still; fall silent
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,910 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 5,658 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
verb
- become quiet or still; fall silent hush my baby!
- cause to be quiet or not talk also: quieten, silence, still, shut up, hush up Please silence the children in the church!
- become quiet or quieter also: quieten, quiet, quiesce, quiet down, pipe down The audience fell silent when the speaker entered
- wash by removing particles Wash ores
- run water over the ground to erode (soil), revealing the underlying strata and valuable minerals
noun
- (poetic) tranquil silence also: stillness, still the still of the night
hush in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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For an instant a hush spread over the people.
The Red Record Tabulated Statistics · Ida B. Wells-Barnett · Chapter 1
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Amid a tense hush, he rose to give out the hymn before the sermon.
The Mark of the Beast · Sydney Watson · Chapter 1
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If you think you can make me hush, you are mistaken in your man, M. Favoral, Jun.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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Oh, hush thee, my babie! the time will soon come When at Baccarat boards you'll sit sucking your thumb.
Punch — Volume 101, November 7, 1891 · Various · Chapter 1
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Through the deep Hush of the woods a murmur seemed to creep, The Schuylkill whispering in a voice of sleep.
Pennsylvania Pilgrim, and other poems Part 6 From — Volume I · John Greenleaf Whittier · Chapter 1