Adjective hushed has 1 sense
- hushed, muted, subdued, quiet - in a softened tone; "hushed voices"; "muted trumpets"; "a subdued whisper"; "a quiet reprimand"
Antonym: loud (indirect, via soft)
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Verb hush has 5 senses
- hush - become quiet or still; fall silent; "hush my babay!"
--1 is one way to change
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
- hush, quieten, silence, still, shut up, hush up - cause to be quiet or not talk; "Please silence the children in the church!"
--2 is one way to suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
- quieten, hush, quiet, quiesce, quiet down, pipe down - become quiet or quieter; "The audience fell silent when the speaker entered"
--3 is one way to change intensity
Sample sentences:
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- hush - wash by removing particles; "Wash ores"
--4 is one way to wash, lave
Sample sentence:
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- hush - run water over the ground to erode (soil), revealing the underlying strata and valuable minerals
--5 is one way to water, irrigate
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