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HUSH UP
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cause to be quiet or not talk
Example:
Please silence the children in the church!
Synonyms:
hush; hush up; quieten; shut up; silence; still
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "hush up" is one way to...):
conquer; stamp down; subdue; suppress (bring under control by force or authority)
Cause:
hush (become quiet or still; fall silent)
Verb group:
hush; pipe down; quiesce; quiet; quiet down; quieten (become quiet or quieter)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "hush up"):
shush (silence (someone) by uttering 'shush!')
calm down; lull (become quiet or less intensive)
shout down (silence or overwhelm by shouting)
gag; muzzle (prevent from speaking out)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Sense 2
Meaning:
Cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error
Example:
She tried to gloss over her mistakes
Synonyms:
gloss over; hush up; sleek over; whitewash
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Hypernyms (to "hush up" is one way to...):
cover; cover up (hide from view or knowledge)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
