Hush

a. [An onomatopoetic word. Cf. Ger. husch, quick, make haste, at once; also, be silent.] Silent; still; quiet; as, they are hush as death.

v. t. [imp. & p. p. HUSHED (hŭsht); p. pr. & vb. n. HUSHING.]

1Sense 1. To still; to silence; to calm; to make quiet; to repress the noise or clamor of.

My tongue shall hush again this storm of war. Shak.

2Sense 2. To appease; to allay; to calm, as commotion or agitation.

*Wilt thou, then, Hush my cares?* Otway.

To hush up, to keep silence concerning; to suppress; to keep concealed. “This matter is hushed up.” Pope.

v. i. To be still; to be silent;—especially used in the imperative, as an exclamation; be still; be silent or quiet; make no noise.

n. Stillness; quiet. [Rare.] “It is the hush of night.” Byron.