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hush

/hʌʃ/

hush up

Translations

hushnoun

hushes

/hʌʃ/

silence

A hush fell over the audience before the performance began.

Un silence tomba sur le public avant le début du spectacle.

Additional translations

calmeS’emploie surtout pour une ambiance paisible ou un état de tranquillité.

Synonyms

hushverb

hushed

Past Simple

hushed

Past Participle

hushing

Gerund

/hʌʃ/

se taire

The crowd hushed as the speaker approached the podium.

La foule se tut lorsque l’orateur s’approcha du pupitre.

faire taire

She tried to hush the crying baby by gently rocking him.

Elle a essayé de faire taire le bébé qui pleurait en le berçant doucement.

Synonyms

Antonyms

hushinterjection

/hʌʃ/

chut

Hush, the baby is finally asleep.

Chut, le bébé dort enfin.

Synonyms

pipe down

hush now

hushadjective

Attributive use before a noun, as in "hush money", meaning meant to keep something quiet or secret.

secretS’emploie surtout dans des contextes administratifs, commerciaux ou politiques.

The senator was accused of accepting hush payments from lobbyists.

Le sénateur a été accusé d’avoir accepté des paiements secrets de la part de lobbyistes.

Synonyms

Definitions

hushnoun

A silence or quiet, especially after noise.

There was a sudden hush in the room when the teacher entered.

A calm or stillness, often used to describe a peaceful atmosphere.

The hush of the early morning was broken only by the sound of birds chirping.

hushverb

To make someone or something quiet or silent.

She tried to hush the crying baby by gently rocking him.

To become quiet or silent.

The crowd hushed as the speaker approached the podium.

hushinterjection

Used to tell someone to be quiet or to stop talking.

Hush, the baby is finally asleep.

hushadjective

(attributive) Intended to silence someone or keep something secret; secret.

The senator was accused of accepting hush payments from lobbyists.