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hush up, v.

cause to be quiet or not talk
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hush hush up quieten shut up silence still

sample sentences

"Please silence the children in the church!"

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

silencer silencer silence silence silence

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

lexical pointers

antonym

semantic pointers

hyponym

shush lull, calm down shout down gag, muzzle

cause

verb group

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

hypernym

conquer, suppress, subdue, stamp down

cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error
<verb.perception>

gloss over hush up sleek over whitewash

sample sentences

"Let's not whitewash the crimes of Stalin"
"She tried to gloss over her mistakes"

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

hypernym

cover, cover up