hush

Meanings

Verb

• To become quiet.
• To make quiet.
• To appease; to allay; to soothe.
• To clear off soil and other materials overlying the bedrock.

Noun

• A silence, especially after some noise
• A mining method using water

Origin

• From Middle English huschen ("to hush") (as past participle husht and interjection husht). Cognate with Low German huschen, hüssen, German huschen ("to shoo; scurry"), Danish hysse ("to hush"), and maybe Albanian hesht.