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hush up
Overview of verb hush-up
The verb hush up has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. whitewash, gloss over, sleek over, hush up -- (cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error; "Let's not whitewash the crimes of Stalin"; "She tried to gloss over her mistakes")
2. hush, quieten, silence, still, shut up, hush up -- (cause to be quiet or not talk; "Please silence the children in the church!")
Antonyms of verb hush-up
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb hush-up
2 senses of hush up
Sense 1
whitewash, gloss over, sleek over, hush up
=> cover, cover up
=> hide, conceal
Sense 2
hush, quieten, silence, still, shut up, hush up
=> suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb
=> control, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate
=> restrain, suppress, keep, keep back, hold back
=> prevent, keep
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb hush-up
1 of 2 senses of hush up
Sense 2
hush, quieten, silence, still, shut up, hush up
=> shush
=> lull, calm down
=> shout down
=> gag, muzzle
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb hush-up
2 senses of hush up
Sense 1
whitewash, gloss over, sleek over, hush up
=> cover, cover up
Sense 2
hush, quieten, silence, still, shut up, hush up
=> suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb
'Cause To' of verb hush-up
1 of 2 senses of hush up
Sense 2
hush, quieten, silence, still, shut up, hush up
=> hush
Derived Forms of verb hush-up
Domain of verb hush-up
Domain Terms of verb hush-up
Familiarity of verb hush-up
hush up used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb hush-up
2 senses of hush up
Sense 1
whitewash, gloss over, sleek over, hush up
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Something ----s somebody
Sense 2
hush, quieten, silence, still, shut up, hush up
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Something ----s somebody
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb hush-up
2 senses of hush up
Sense 1
whitewash, gloss over, sleek over, hush up
> cover, cover up
=> whitewash, gloss over, sleek over, hush up
Sense 2
hush, quieten, silence, still, shut up, hush up
> suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb
=> wink, blink, blink away
=> stifle, dampen
=> choke off, choke down, choke back
=> hush, quieten, silence, still, shut up, hush up
=> burke
=> silence
=> squelch, quell, quench
=> smother, stifle, strangle, muffle, repress
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb hush-up
Sense 1
whitewash, gloss over, sleek over, hush up
=> cover, cover up
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Sense 2
hush, quieten, silence, still, shut up, hush up
=> suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb
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