hush up 'cause to be quiet or not talk' shut up 'cause to be quiet or not talk' hush 'cause to be quiet or not talk' still 'cause to be quiet or not talk' silence 'cause to be quiet or not talk' quieten 'cause to be quiet or not talk'
hush up 'FN: to cause someone to become quite' quiet 'FN: to make someone or something make less noise than he/she/it was making previously' silence 'COD: make silent.' hush 'FN: to make someone become quiet' shush 'COD: tell or signal to be silent' shut up 'FN: to cause someone or something to stop making noise' quiet down 'FN: to make an entity make less noise than it was making previously'
The clothes dried wrinkled. The clothes dried. Bill dried the clothes with a hairdryer. The hairdryer dried the clothes. The cotton clothes dried easily. Bill dried the clothes.
Examples from SemCor
`` Shut_up. Next to the Blackwells, Titus had owned the island most, and she and Adelia had often stood in front of him, silenced by his terrible years- a scanty man with a thin beard and very deep-set blue eyes like a mariner, more aged than possible. To silence extremists, to warn the Axis, President_Roosevelt issued this statement for the Allies in August: `` Hush'', said Uncle_Randolph, smiling,`` or I 'll give you another black_eye''. The slugs flattened ten tires and silenced one of the inboard engines; the plane slowed to a halt. Recent statements by well-known scientists regarding the destructive power of the newest nuclear bombs and the deadly fall-outs should be sufficient to still the voices of those who advocate nuclear warfare instead of negotiations. Mike silenced them.