HUSH UP

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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

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