[{"Bold_text": "interjection", "List Items": ["(used as a command to be silent or quiet.)"]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to become or be silent or quiet:They hushed as the judge walked in."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to make silent; silence.", "to suppress mention of; keep concealed (often followed byup):They hushed up the scandal.", "to calm, quiet, or allay:to hush someone's fears."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["silence or quiet, especially after noise.Synonyms: tranquility , stillness , peace", "Phonetics.either of the sibilant sounds (sh) and (zh)."]}, {"Bold_text": "adjective", "List Items": ["Archaic.silent; quiet."]}]