Another word for hush
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Verb
To cause to become silent
- Not moving or in motion:
- Free from disturbance, agitation, or commotion:
- Of or relating to a single or static photograph as opposed to a movie.
- The condition or quality of being or keeping still and silent.
- The absence of sound; stillness.
- A period of time without speech or noise.
- Used to express a demand for silence.
- To demand silence from by saying “shush”:
- To make or become quiet.
- Making or characterized by little or no noise:
- Free of turmoil and agitation; calm:
- Providing or allowing relaxation; restful; soothing:
See also:To hold (something requiring an outlet) in check.
See also:To prevent (something) from being known.
- A length of cloth worn over the head, shoulders, and often the face, especially by women.
- A length of netting attached to a woman's hat or habit, worn for decoration or to protect the head and face.
- A length of protective netting worn over the face by beekeepers.
- A cloth used to wrap a body for burial; a winding sheet.
- Something that conceals, protects, or screens:
- One of a set of ropes or wire cables stretched from the masthead to the sides of a vessel to support the mast.
- A covering, as of cloth, that has openings for the eyes, entirely or partly conceals the face, and is worn especially at a masquerade ball.
- A grotesque or comical representation of a face, worn especially to frighten or amuse, as at Halloween.
- A facial covering worn for ritual.
- To put or keep out of sight or away from notice:
- To prevent the disclosure or recognition of; conceal:
- To cut off from sight; cover up:
- To cover with or as if with a shroud:
- To place something upon or over, so as to protect or conceal:
- To overlay or spread with something:
- To put a cover or covering on:
- To keep from being observed or discovered; hide.
Idioms:See also:To keep from being published or transmitted.
- To put an end to forcibly; subdue:
- To curtail or prohibit the activities of:
- To keep from being revealed, published, or circulated:
- To interrupt or cut off (the voice, for example).
- To keep in or hold back; repress:
- To kill by preventing respiration; smother or suffocate.
- A person authorized to examine books, films, or other material and to remove or suppress what is considered morally, politically, or otherwise objectionable.
- An official, as in the armed forces, who examines personal mail and official dispatches to remove information considered secret or a risk to security.
- One that condemns or censures.
- To censor or cover up by writing over with black ink.
- (figuratively) To censor or cover up.
- (idiomatic, intransitive) To lose consciousness; to suffer a blackout.
Idioms:See also:
Noun
The absence of sound or noise
- The quality or state of being still; quietness; silence; calmness; inactivity.
- Habitual silence or quiet; taciturnity.
- Not moving or in motion:
- Free from disturbance, agitation, or commotion:
- Of or relating to a single or static photograph as opposed to a movie.
- The state or condition of being soundless.
- The condition or quality of being or keeping still and silent.
- The absence of sound; stillness.
- A period of time without speech or noise.
- Making or characterized by little or no noise:
- Free of turmoil and agitation; calm:
- Providing or allowing relaxation; restful; soothing:
See also:An absence of motion or disturbance
- The state or condition of being untroubled; freedom from worry.
- the quality or state of being tranquil; calmness; serenity
- The quality or state of being still; quietness; silence; calmness; inactivity.
- Habitual silence or quiet; taciturnity.
- The state or quality of being serene.
- Making or characterized by little or no noise:
- Free of turmoil and agitation; calm:
- Providing or allowing relaxation; restful; soothing:
- The state or quality of being placid.
- The state of being placid; peacefulness.
- The state of being peaceful.
- The absence of war or other hostilities.
- An agreement or a treaty to end hostilities:
- Freedom from quarrels and disagreement; harmonious relations:
- To cause to sleep or rest; soothe or calm:
- To deceive into trustfulness:
- To become calm:
- (uncountable) The state of being calm; tranquillity; silence.
- (countable) The product of being calm.
- Nearly or completely motionless; undisturbed:
- Not excited or agitated; composed:
- An absence or cessation of motion; stillness.
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Adjective
Marked by, done with, or making no sound or noise
- Quiet; calm.
- Not moving or in motion:
- Free from disturbance, agitation, or commotion:
- Of or relating to a single or static photograph as opposed to a movie.
- Having or making no sound.
- Marked by absence of noise or sound; still:
- Not inclined to speak; not talkative:
- Not speaking or refraining from speech:
- Making or characterized by little or no noise:
- Free of turmoil and agitation; calm:
- Providing or allowing relaxation; restful; soothing:
- Having or making no noise.
- Very quietly. In soft tones.
- Simple past tense and past participle of hush.
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Another word for hush
Interjection
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- (idiomatic, intransitive) To be quiet; to refrain from being noisy.
- Yielding readily to pressure or weight:
- Easily molded, cut, or worked:
- Not tense and therefore capable of absorbing the impact of a ball or puck and of catching, receiving, or controlling it:
- A common imperative instructing the addressed to remain silent.
- Making or characterized by little or no noise:
- Free of turmoil and agitation; calm:
- Providing or allowing relaxation; restful; soothing:
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Noun
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- Making or characterized by little or no noise:
- Free of turmoil and agitation; calm:
- Providing or allowing relaxation; restful; soothing:
- The quality or state of being still; quietness; silence; calmness; inactivity.
- Habitual silence or quiet; taciturnity.
- The absence of war or other hostilities.
- An agreement or a treaty to end hostilities:
- Freedom from quarrels and disagreement; harmonious relations:
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Verb
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- To interrupt or cut off (the voice, for example).
- To keep in or hold back; repress:
- To kill by preventing respiration; smother or suffocate.
- To close (an opening or hole) by covering, filling in, or plugging up:
- To constrict (an opening or orifice):
- To obstruct or block passage on (a road, for example).
- Something forced into or put over the mouth to prevent speaking or crying out.
- An obstacle to or a censoring of free speech.
- A device placed in the mouth to keep it open, as in dentistry.
- To wrap up, as in a blanket or shawl, for warmth, protection, or secrecy.
- To wrap or pad in order to deaden the sound:
- To deaden (a sound):
- Not moving or in motion:
- Free from disturbance, agitation, or commotion:
- Of or relating to a single or static photograph as opposed to a movie.
- The condition or quality of being or keeping still and silent.
- The absence of sound; stillness.
- A period of time without speech or noise.
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