intransitive. To be silent. Also in ppl._adj. (swihende), silent.

intransitive. To be or become still or silent; to refrain from or cease speaking; to keep quiet. Obsolete.

intransitive. To be still or silent.

(a) transitive. To reduce to silence, to hush. (b) intransitive. To be silent.

intransitive. To become or be silent, cease or refrain from speaking, hold one's peace, keep silence. archaic and dialect.

intransitive. To cease speaking; to become silent or still.

intransitive and transitive. = whist, v.1

intransitive. Now chiefly North American. To become quiet; to quieten. Frequently with down.

intransitive. To make a soft rushing sound, as wind, flowing water, waves, etc.; to move with such a sound. (Cf. hush, v.3) Chiefly in vbl._n. ppl.…

intransitive. To be silent or quiet.

intransitive. To be silent, keep silence.

intransitive. poetic. To be silent.

intransitive. To become quiet (in various senses). Frequently with down.

intransitive. To become quiet in response to an order ‘sh!’.

To become or remain silent.