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HUSHING
hiss, hissing, hushing, fizzle, sibilation
(noun) a fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval); “the performers could not be heard over the hissing of the audience”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
hushing
present participle of hush
Noun
hushing (plural hushings)
The act of one who hushes, or calls for silence.
The use of a heavy discharge of water to uncover a mineral vein or wash ore.
Anagrams
• Shughni
Source: Wiktionary
Hush"ing, n. (Mining)
Definition: The process of washing ore, or of uncovering mineral veins, by a heavy discharge of water from a reservoir; flushing; -- also called booming.
HUSH
Hush, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hushed; p. pr. & vb. n. Hushing.] Etym: [OE. huschen, hussen, prob. of imitative origin; cf. LG. hussen to lull to sleep, G. husch quick, make haste, be silent.]
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.
2. To appease; to allay; to calm; to soothe. With thou, then, Hush my cares Otway. And hush'd my deepest grief of all. Tennyson. To hush up, to procure silence concerning; to suppress; to keep secret. "This matter is hushed up." Pope.
Hush, v. i.
Definition: To become or to keep still or quiet; to become silent; -- esp. used in the imperative, as an exclamation; be still; be silent or quiet; make no noise. Hush, idle words, and thoughts of ill. Keble. But all these strangers' presence every one did hush. Spenser.
Hush, n.
Definition: Stillness; silence; quiet. [R.] "It is the hush of night." Byron. Hush money, money paid to secure silence, or to prevent the disclosure of facts. Swift.
Hush, a.
Definition: Silent; quiet. "Hush as death." Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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