hush
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
(poetic) tranquil silence
the still of the night
Types & categories
- silence hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
become quiet or still; fall silent
hush my baby!
Types & categories
- change hypernym
Related & opposite
- hush derivation
Sense 3 verb
cause to be quiet or not talk
Please silence the children in the church!
Types & categories
- suppress hypernym
- shush hyponym
- lull hyponym
- shout down hyponym
- gag hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
become quiet or quieter
The audience fell silent when the speaker entered
Types & categories
- change intensity hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 verb
wash by removing particles
Wash ores
Types & categories
- wash hypernym
Related & opposite
- mining domain topic
Sense 6 verb
run water over the ground to erode (soil), revealing the underlying strata and valuable minerals
Types & categories
- water hypernym
Related & opposite
- mining domain topic
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | hush |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | silence |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | still |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | allay |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | quiet |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | silent |
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | verse |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | silence |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | hush |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 3 | also see | Related & opposite | whitewash |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | louden |
| 3 | causes | Related & opposite | hush |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | muffler |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | silencer |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | muteness |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | silence |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | hush |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | silence |
| 3 | verb group | Related & opposite | quiet |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | suppress |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | shush |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | lull |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | shout down |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | gag |
| 4 | antonym | Related & opposite | louden |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | silence |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | hush |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | quiescent |
| 4 | verb group | Related & opposite | silence |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | change intensity |
| 5 | domain topic | Related & opposite | mining |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | wash |
| 6 | domain topic | Related & opposite | mining |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | water |