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Hushing

noun
1.
A fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval).  Synonyms: fizzle, hiss, hissing, sibilation.


Hush

verb
(past & past part. hushed; pres. part. hushing)
1.
Become quiet or still; fall silent.
2.
Cause to be quiet or not talk.  Synonyms: hush up, quieten, shut up, silence, still.
3.
Become quiet or quieter.  Synonyms: pipe down, quiesce, quiet, quiet down, quieten.
4.
Wash by removing particles.
5.
Run water over the ground to erode (soil), revealing the underlying strata and valuable minerals.



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"Hushing" Quotes from Famous Books



... in silence a few moments, for there was something hushing in the soft murmurs of the branches, something like the distant ...
— Helen and Arthur - or, Miss Thusa's Spinning Wheel • Caroline Lee Hentz
... entered the house and went up to Innocent's deserted room. He opened the door hesitatingly,—the little study, in its severe simplicity and neatness, looked desolate—like an empty shrine from which the worshipped figure had been taken. He trod softly across the floor, hushing his footsteps, as though some one slept whom he feared to wake, and his eyes wandered from one familiar object to another till they rested on the shelves where the old vellum-bound books, which Innocent ...
— Innocent - Her Fancy and His Fact • Marie Corelli
... thought it necessary to place Lanfranchi and Marcello under arrest. They were soon released, because it became evident that the chief scandal would fall upon the Cardinal, who had clearly been scuffling and crossing swords in a dispute about a common prostitute. The three Caraffa brothers resolved on hushing the affair up. But it was too late. The Pope heard something, which sufficed to confirm his confessor's warnings; and on January 27, he pronounced the famous sentence on his nephews. The Cardinal ...
— Renaissance in Italy, Volumes 1 and 2 - The Catholic Reaction • John Addington Symonds
... policeman," said Odell-Carney with scathing dignity. "I want your husband to aid me in hushing this c'nfended thing." ...
— The Husbands of Edith • George Barr McCutcheon
... juncture, when my misery was at its height, I heard Mary 'Liza in the chamber behind me, cooing to, and hushing her doll-baby, with tones and words copied faithfully from my mother's ...
— When Grandmamma Was New - The Story of a Virginia Childhood • Marion Harland


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