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[syn: rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along, step on it]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Hie \Hie\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hied; p. pr. & vb. n. Hying.]
[OE. hien, hihen, highen, AS. higian to hasten, strive; cf.
L. ciere to put in motion, call upon, rouse, Gr. ? to go, E.
cite.]
To hasten; to go in haste; -- also often with the reciprocal
pronoun. [Rare, except in poetry] "My husband hies him home."
--Shak.
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The youth, returning to his mistress, hies. --Dryden.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Hie \Hie\, n.
Haste; diligence. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
hie
v 1: move fast; "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests";
"The cars raced down the street" [syn: rush, hotfoot,
hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush
along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along,
step on it] [ant: dawdle, linger]