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(v)
(transitive, Commonwealth, UK, Ireland) To make quiet.
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(intransitive, US) To become quieter.
(intransitive) To become quiet or quieter.
(intransitive, informal) To become quiet; to cease making sounds.
(idiomatic, intransitive) To be quiet; to refrain from being noisy.
(adj)
With little or no sound; free of disturbing noise.
(n)
The quality or state of being still.
The absence of any sound.
Not moving; calm.
(intransitive, transitive) To utter shh.
(onomatopoeia, transitive or intransitive) To ask someone to be quiet, especially by saying shh.
Free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet.
(of a person) Peaceful, quiet, especially free from anger and anxiety.
(adv)
(manner) At a slow pace.
In a soft manner; gently.
Without strong force or quickness: softly, lightly.
Requiring little skill or effort.
Physical or emotional discomfort, suffering, or alarm, particularly of a more acute nature.
(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) A zip fastener.
Initialism of self-help for the hard of hearing.
A repeated short, low vocal sound made by guinea pigs, thought to express interest or curiosity.
(N)
МММ was a Russian company that perpetrated one of the world's largest Ponzi schemes of all time, in the 1990s.
to hush
(transitive) To make damp or moist; to make moderately wet.
To put an end to, especially with force, to crush, do away with; to prohibit, subdue.
A device used to prevent an animal from biting or eating, which is worn on its snout.
A joke or other mischievous prank.
(transitive) To wrap (a person, face etc.) in fabric or another covering, for warmth or protection; often with up.
Not having the power of speech; dumb.
(transitive) To suffocate; stifle; obstruct, more or less completely, the respiration of something or someone.
(transitive) To render less lively; to diminish; to muffle.
A period of rest or soothing.
(transitive) To overcome, quieten, or bring under control.
(transitive) To subdue, put down, or silence (someone or something); to force (someone) to submit.
(transitive) To bring peace to (a place or situation), by ending war, fighting, violence, anger or agitation.
(transitive) To make hushed or quiet; quieten
(transitive, British) To make someone or something become quieter.
To become quiet.
(obsolete, transitive) To quiet.
Any of several four-player card games, similar to bridge.
(intransitive) To remain silent.
(idiomatic, informal, usually imperative) To be quiet; to shut up; to stop talking about something or making noise.
(transitive) To make quiet or still; silence; becalm; bestill.
Pronunciation spelling of shut up. [(transitive) To close (a building) so that no one can enter.]
(intransitive) To establish a settled lifestyle for oneself, especially by marrying.
(informal, sometimes imperative) To suddenly stop talking; shut up; to keep a secret; to refuse to talk.
(ambitransitive, rare) To make or become mute or muted.
(idiomatic) To stop talking; to be quiet.
(transitive) To make quiet or still; calm; pacify.
(ambitransitive) To relax; to make quieter or less obtrusive; to make milder.
To conclude or resolve (something):
(intransitive) To close (remove a gap) completely or fully.
(idiomatic, impolite) To stop talking; to be quiet.
(intransitive) To fall into a state of calm; to be calm again; to settle down; to become tranquil.
(intransitive) To deal effectively with something, especially if difficult.
(transitive) To make no longer silent; to provide with a voice.
(idiomatic, chiefly imperative) To refrain from speech; to be quiet, especially where it would have no useful effect to speak.
(transitive, intransitive) To close, in various senses.
(obsolete) To conceal, keep quiet about.
(transitive, poetic, archaic) To shut up; to close.
Capable of being easily bent; flexible.
(transitive) To calm (a person or animal) or put them to sleep using a tranquilizer dart.
(intransitive) To become dry (often of weather); to lose water.
refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent
(transitive, nautical) To deprive (a ship) of wind, so that it cannot move (usually in passive).
(obsolete, transitive) To disquiet.
A low or quiet voice.
(uncountable, of a person or animal) Relief from work or activity by sleeping; sleep.
(informal, derogatory, especially of a person) Stupid.
(rare, ambitransitive) To make or become calm or calmer.
(transitive, obsolete) To deride.
(intransitive, idiomatic) To become less virulent or strong; to subside.
(transitive, intransitive) To make or become hoarse.
(originally US, intransitive) To hide.
To ease or sooth someone's cough.
(MTE, slang, often imperative, often followed by it) To shut up; to stop talking.
(intransitive) To become less excited, intense, or angry.
(intransitive) To cease or stop.
(idiomatic, by extension) To suppress or reduce (something, usually an emotion or thought).
(transitive, intransitive) To cease hugging (someone).
An instance of breaking something into two or more pieces.
(transitive, figuratively) To deceive using a disguise; to bewile, dupe, mislead.
(idiomatic, imperative) To shut up, to be quiet; to quit doing something; to put an end to something.
(intransitive, idiomatic) To decrease in intensity of anger, agitation, or excitement.
(transitive) To make something soft or softer.
That which is digested; especially, that which is worked over, classified, and arranged under proper heads or titles.
A moderate, but uncomfortable and penetrating coldness.
Astonishment; amazement.
To make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to dispel (anger or hatred).
A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action; interruption; suspension; cessation.
(transitive) To confine.
Lack of quiet; absence of tranquility in body or mind
(intransitive, idiomatic) To relax; to get rid of stress; to destress.