ush
/ʌʃ/
ush verb: to usher: to perform the action of an usher: to escort. Also the alternative form of uzhe.
Verb
ush (third-person singular simple present ushes, present participle ushing, simple past and past participle ushed)
- To usher: to perform the action of an usher: to escort.
- And she is Mrs. Freundlich’s dear friend, so old Mark, who was acting as usher, ushed her and Mrs. Preene to seats right up in front next to Claire so Mrs. Shaw could scope out everything I did.2000, Jonathan Pearce, John-Browne's Body and Sole: A Semester of Life, BalonaBooks, published 2006, →ISBN, page 142
Proper noun capitalized: USH
USH
- Initialism of United States history.
- Initialism of United States Highway.
Also used as
ush is also the alternative form of uzhe.
Forms of ush
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | ushes |
| present participle | ushing |
| past participle | ushed |
| past | ushed |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more ush |
| superlative | most ush |
| Noun | |
| plural | ushes |
Origin of ush
Back-formation from usher.
Clipping of usual.
Words that rhyme with ush
Questions about ush
- What does ush mean?
- Ush means to usher: to perform the action of an usher: to escort.
- What part of speech is ush?
- Ush can be a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce ush?
- Ush is pronounced /ʌʃ/.
- What is the past tense of ush?
- The past tense of ush is ushed.
Words near ush in the dictionary
Source and license
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