| air-raid shelter | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. air-raid shelter, bomb shelter, bombproof | a chamber (often underground) reinforced against bombing and provided with food and living facilities; used during air raids. |
| ~ chamber | a natural or artificial enclosed space. |
| hush | | |
| n. (attribute) | 1. hush, still, stillness | (poetic) tranquil silence.; "the still of the night" |
| ~ silence, quiet | the absence of sound.; "he needed silence in order to sleep"; "the street was quiet" |
| ~ poesy, poetry, verse | literature in metrical form. |
| v. (change) | 2. hush | become quiet or still; fall silent.; "hush my baby!" |
| ~ change | undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature.; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" |
| v. (change) | 3. hush, hush up, quieten, shut up, silence, still | cause to be quiet or not talk.; "Please silence the children in the church!" |
| ~ shush | silence (someone) by uttering `shush!'. |
| ~ hush | become quiet or still; fall silent.; "hush my baby!" |
| ~ conquer, inhibit, stamp down, suppress, curb, subdue | to put down by force or authority.; "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires" |
| ~ lull, calm down | become quiet or less intensive.; "the fighting lulled for a moment" |
| ~ shout down | silence or overwhelm by shouting. |
| ~ pipe down, quiesce, quiet, quiet down, quieten, hush | become quiet or quieter.; "The audience fell silent when the speaker entered" |
| ~ gag, muzzle | prevent from speaking out.; "The press was gagged" |
| v. (perception) | 4. hush, pipe down, quiesce, quiet, quiet down, quieten | become quiet or quieter.; "The audience fell silent when the speaker entered" |
| ~ silence, hush, hush up, still, quieten, shut up | cause to be quiet or not talk.; "Please silence the children in the church!" |
| ~ change intensity | increase or decrease in intensity. |
| v. (change) | 5. hush | wash by removing particles.; "Wash ores" |
| ~ mining, excavation | the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth. |
| ~ lave, wash | cleanse (one's body) with soap and water. |
| v. (change) | 6. hush | run water over the ground to erode (soil), revealing the underlying strata and valuable minerals. |
| ~ mining, excavation | the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth. |
| ~ irrigate, water | supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams.; "Water the fields" |
| here | | |
| n. (location) | 1. here | the present location; this place.; "where do we go from here?" |
| ~ location | a point or extent in space. |
| n. (person) | 2. hera, here | queen of the Olympian gods in ancient Greek mythology; sister and wife of Zeus remembered for her jealously of the many mortal women Zeus fell in love with; identified with Roman Juno. |
| ~ greek deity | a deity worshipped by the ancient Greeks. |
| adj. | 3. here | being here now.; "is everyone here?" |
| ~ present | being or existing in a specified place.; "the murderer is present in this room"; "present at the wedding"; "present at the creation" |
| adv. | 4. here | in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is.; "I work here"; "turn here"; "radio waves received here on Earth" |
| adv. | 5. here | in this circumstance or respect or on this point or detail.; "what do we have here?"; "here I must disagree" |
| adv. | 6. here, hither | to this place (especially toward the speaker).; "come here, please" |
| adv. | 7. here | at this time; now.; "we'll adjourn here for lunch and discuss the remaining issues this afternoon" |
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