v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Hushed p. pr. & vb. n. Hushing. ] [ OE. huschen, hussen, prob. of imitative origin; cf. LG. hussen to lull to sleep, G. husch quick, make haste, be silent. ] 1. To still; to silence; to calm; to make quiet; to repress the noise or clamor of. [ 1913 Webster ]

My tongue shall hush again this storm of war. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To appease; to allay; to calm; to soothe. [ 1913 Webster ]

With thou, then,
Hush my cares? Otway. [ 1913 Webster ]

And hush'd my deepest grief of all. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

To hush up, to procure silence concerning; to suppress; to keep secret. “This matter is hushed up.” Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To become or to keep still or quiet; to become silent; -- esp. used in the imperative, as an exclamation; be still; be silent or quiet; make no noise. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hush, idle words, and thoughts of ill. Keble. [ 1913 Webster ]

But all these strangers' presence every one did hush. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Stillness; silence; quiet. [ R. ] “It is the hush of night.” Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hush money, money paid to secure silence, or to prevent the disclosure of facts. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Silent; quiet. “Hush as death.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. having the sound level reduced; -- especially used of the noise of conversation; as, speaking in hushed tones.
Syn. -- muted. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. having relatively little noise; as, a hushed church.
Syn. -- quiet. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. kept secret; -- used of reports; as, hushed-up stories sometimes leak out. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. An usher. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Mining) The process of washing ore, or of uncovering mineral veins, by a heavy discharge of water from a reservoir; flushing; -- also called booming and hydraulic mining. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]