Hush (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Hushed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Hushing.] [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.