verb
- makes quiet or silent; tells someone to be quiet
Usage: third person singular present tense of ‘hush’
noun
- periods of quiet or silence
Usage: plural of ‘hush’
Examples
- She hushes the crying baby with a gentle song.
- The teacher hushes the noisy classroom before beginning the lesson.
- He hushes his voice when entering the library.
- The mother hushes her children during the movie.
- There were brief hushes between the thunderclaps.
- The audience fell into expectant hushes before the performance.
- Strange hushes settled over the forest at dusk.