(poetic) tranquil silence; "the still of the night" run water over the ground to erode (soil), revealing the underlying strata and valuable minerals wash by removing particles; "Wash ores" become quiet or still; fall silent; "hush my babay!" cause to be quiet or not talk; "Please silence the children in the church!
If you hush someone or if they hush, they stop speaking or making a noise. She tried to hush her noisy father I had to box Max's ears to get him to hush
You say there is a hush in a place when everything is quiet and peaceful, or suddenly becomes quiet. A hush fell over the crowd and I knew something terrible had happened. = silence