1. A fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval)
   "The teacher's hushing quieted the noisy classroom";
   - hiss, hissing, fizzle, sibilation

1. Become quiet or still; fall silent
   "hush my baby!"
    
2. Cause to be quiet or not talk
   "Please hush the children in the church!";
   - quieten [Brit], silence, still, shut up, hush up
    
3. Become quiet or quieter
   "The crowd hushed as the speaker approached the podium";
   - quieten [Brit], quiet, quiesce, quiet down, pipe down [informal]
    
4. (mining) wash by removing particles
   "They hushed the ore to remove impurities";
   - wash
    
5. (mining) run water over the ground to erode (soil), revealing the underlying strata and valuable minerals
   "The miners hushed the hillside to expose gold deposits"

Derived forms: hushings

See also: gloss over

Type of: change, change intensity, conquer, irrigate, lave, noise, stamp down, subdue, suppress, wash, water

Encyclopedia: Hushing