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41hush — n. a hush fell (over the crowd) * * * [hʌʃ] a hush fell (over the crowd) …
42hush\ up — v 1. To keep news of (smth) from getting out; prevent people from knowing about. It isn t always easy to hush up a scandal. 2. informal To be or make quiet; stop talking, crying, or making some other noise. Often used as a command. Hush up,… …
43hush up — 1) keep news of something from getting out, prevent people from knowing about something The government tried to hush up the bad economic figures but the news media soon discovered the facts. 2) be or make quiet, stop talking/crying/making noise… …
44hush up — phrasal verb Word forms hush up : present tense I/you/we/they hush up he/she/it hushes up present participle hushing up past tense hushed up past participle hushed up 1) [transitive] if someone in authority hushes something up, they try to… …
45Hush — This is a habitational name which derives from Hus meaning a house. It is generally of Olde English origins but may also be Anglo Saxon, and by a further complication French Huguenot! it is generally accepted that, the name refers to one who… …
46hush up — phr verb Hush up is used with these nouns as the object: ↑scandal …
47hush — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. silence, quiet, stillness, calm. v. t. calm, stifle, muffle; soothe, allay, still; hide, suppress. See concealment, moderation. II (Roget s IV) interj. Syn. quiet, be quiet, stop talking, soft, less… …
48hush up — do not talk, be quiet, keep quiet Mommy, there s the man who kissed you! Hush up, child …
49hush — verb 1》 make or become quiet. 2》 (hush something up) suppress public mention of something. noun a silence. Derivatives hushed adjective Origin C16: back form. from obs. husht silent , from an interjection husht quiet! …
50hush up — management took steps to hush up the dangers Syn: keep secret, conceal, hide, suppress, cover up, keep quiet about; obscure, veil, sweep under the carpet; informal sit on, keep under one s hat …
