Word

hush, v.
(hushed, hushes, hushing)
freq. cnt. 3

become quiet or still; fall silent
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

hush

sample sentences

"hush my baby!"

verb frames

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Somebody ----s

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

hush

semantic pointers

hypernym

change

cause to be quiet or not talk
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

hush hush up quieten shut up silence still

sample sentences

"Please silence the children in the church!"

verb frames

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

silencer silencer silence silence silence

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

hush

also see

hush up

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

still

lexical pointers

antonym

louden

semantic pointers

hyponym

shush lull, calm down shout down gag, muzzle

cause

hush

verb group

quiet, quiet down, quieten, hush, quiesce, pipe down

hypernym

conquer, suppress, subdue, stamp down

run water over the ground to erode (soil), revealing the underlying strata and valuable minerals
<verb.change>

hush

verb frames

Somebody ----s something

semantic pointers

domain of synset (topic)

mining, excavation

hypernym

water, irrigate

wash by removing particles
<verb.change>

hush

sample sentences

"Wash ores"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something

semantic pointers

domain of synset (topic)

mining, excavation

hypernym

wash, lave

become quiet or quieter
<verb.perception> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

hush pipe down quiesce quiet quiet down quieten

sample sentences

"The audience fell silent when the speaker entered"

verb frames

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

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verb frames

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

quiet

lexical pointers

antonym

louden

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

hush

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

quiescent

semantic pointers

verb group

silence, hush, still, shut up, quieten, hush up

hypernym

change intensity