Found 3 items, similar to Hushing.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: hush hening
English → English (WordNet) Definition: hush hush n : (poetic) tranquil silence; “the still of the night” [syn: stillness, still] hush v 1: become quiet or still; fall silent; “hush my babay!” 2: cause to be quiet or not talk; “Please silence the children in the church!” [syn: quieten, silence, still, shut up , hush up] [ant: louden] 3: become quiet or quieter; “The audience fell silent when the speaker entered” [syn: quieten, quiet, quiesce, quiet down , pipe down] [ant: louden] 4: wash by removing particles; “Wash ores” 5: run water over the ground to erode (soil), revealing the underlying strata and valuable minerals
English → English (gcide) Definition: Hushing Hush \Hush\ (h[u^]sh), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hushed (h[u^]sht); 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. [1913 Webster] My tongue shall hush again this storm of war. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To appease; to allay; to calm; to soothe. [1913 Webster] With thou, then, Hush my cares? --Otway. [1913 Webster] And hush'd my deepest grief of all. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster] To hush up, to procure silence concerning; to suppress; to keep secret. “This matter is hushed up.” --Pope. [1913 Webster] Hushing \Hush"ing\, n. (Mining) The process of washing ore, or of uncovering mineral veins, by a heavy discharge of water from a reservoir; flushing; -- also called booming and hydraulic mining. [1913 Webster +PJC]