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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (2)

1. cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error;
- Example: "Let's not whitewash the crimes of Stalin"
- Example: "She tried to gloss over her mistakes"
[syn: whitewash, gloss over, sleek over, hush up]

2. cause to be quiet or not talk;
- Example: "Please silence the children in the church!"
[syn: hush, quieten, silence, still, shut up, hush up]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

hush up v 1: cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error; "Let's not whitewash the crimes of Stalin"; "She tried to gloss over her mistakes" [syn: whitewash, gloss over, sleek over, hush up] 2: cause to be quiet or not talk; "Please silence the children in the church!" [syn: hush, quieten, silence, still, shut up, hush up] [ant: louden]