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ENGLISH: hush - CREOLE: silans

Overview of noun hush

The noun hush has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)

1. (1) hush, stillness, still -- ((poetic) tranquil silence; "the still of the night")

Overview of verb hush

The verb hush has 5 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)

1. (2) hush -- (become quiet or still; fall silent; "hush my baby!")

2. (1) hush, quieten, silence, still, shut up, hush up -- (cause to be quiet or not talk; "Please silence the children in the church!")

3. quieten, hush, quiet, quiesce, quiet down, pipe down -- (become quiet or quieter; "The audience fell silent when the speaker entered")

4. hush -- (wash by removing particles; "Wash ores")

5. hush -- (run water over the ground to erode (soil), revealing the underlying strata and valuable minerals)