rush
Noun · Verb · AdjectiveOpen English WordNet
Verb (7)rushes, rushed, rushing
- move hurridly“He rushed down the hall to receive his guests”“The cars raced down the street”Synonyms: hotfoothastenhiespeedracepelt alongrush alongcannonball alongbucket alongbelt alongstep on itMore general travel, goMore specific dart, tear, barge
- attack suddenlyMore general assail, assaultMore specific charge, bear down
- urge to an unnatural speed“Don't rush me, please!”Synonyms: hurryMore general urge, urge onCauses hasten, hurry
- act at high speed“We have to rush!”“hurry — it's late!”Synonyms: hastenhurrylook sharpfestinateMore general act, move
- run with the ball, in footballMore general run
- cause to move fast or to rush or race“The psychologist raced the rats through a long maze”Synonyms: raceMore general move, displace
- cause to occur rapidly“the infection precipitated a high fever and allergic reactions”Synonyms: inducestimulatehasten
Noun (7)rushes
- the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner“in his haste to leave he forgot his book”Synonyms: hastehurryrushingType of motion, movementKinds dash, scamper
- a sudden forceful flowSynonyms: spatesurgeupsurgeType of flow, flowingKinds onrush, debris surge
- physician and American Revolutionary leader; signer of the Declaration of Independence (1745-1813)Synonyms: Benjamin RushInstance of American Revolutionary leader, doctor
- grasslike plants growing in wet places and having cylindrical often hollow stemsType of marsh plant, bog plantKinds salt rush, slender rush, hard rush, jointed rush, bulrush, toad rushMember of Juncaceae, family Juncaceae
- the swift release of a store of affective force“they got a great bang out of it”“what a boot!”“he got a quick rush from injecting heroin”“he does it for kicks”Synonyms: bangbootchargeflushthrillkickType of exhilaration, excitement
- a sudden burst of activity“come back after the rush”Type of outburst, burst
- (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running into the line“the linebackers were ready to stop a rush”Synonyms: rushing
Adjective (2)
- not accepting reservationsSynonyms: first-come-first-serveOpposite reservedSimilar unreserved
- done under pressure“a rush job”Synonyms: rushedOpposite unhurriedSimilar hurried
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Translations
Noun rush, marsh plant with long stems
Verb to hurry
- Spanish
- apresurarse
- German
- eilen
- Italian
- correre
- Turkish
- acele etmek
- Arabic
- اِنْدَفَعَ indafaʕa
- Japanese
- 急ぐ isogu
- Polish
- biec
- Hungarian
- rohan
- Icelandic
- flýta
- Latvian
- steigties
The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: OE. rusche, rische, resche, AS. risce, akin to LG. rusk, risch, D. & G. rusch; all probably fr. L. ruscum butcher's broom; akin to Goth. raus reed, G. rohr.
1. Botany A name given to many aquatic or marsh-growing endogenous plants with soft, slender stems, as the species of Juncus and Scirpus.
☞ Some species are used in bottoming chairs and plaiting mats, and the pith is used in some places for wicks to lamps and rushlights.
2. The merest trifle; a straw.
John Bull's friendship is not worth a rush.— John Arbuthnot
Bog rush. See under Bog. — Club rush, any rush of the genus Scirpus. — Flowering rush. See under Flowering. — Nut rush (a) Any plant of the genus Scleria, rushlike plants with hard nutlike fruits. (b) A name for several species of Cyperus having tuberous roots. — Rush broom, an Australian leguminous plant (Viminaria denudata), having long, slender branches. Also, the Spanish broom. See under Spanish. — Rush candle, See under Candle. — Rush grass, any grass of the genus Vilfa, grasses with wiry stems and one-flowered spikelets. — Rush toad Zoology, the natterjack. — Scouring rush. Botany Same as Dutch rush, under Dutch. — Spike rush, any rushlike plant of the genus Eleocharis, in which the flowers grow in dense spikes. — Sweet rush, a sweet-scented grass of Arabia, etc. (Andropogon schoenanthus), used in Oriental medical practice. — Wood rush, any plant of the genus Luzula, which differs in some technical characters from Juncus.
Origin: OE. ruschen; cf. AS. hryscan to make a noise, D. ruischen to rustle, G. rauschen, MHG. rūschen to rush, to rustle, LG. rusken, OSw. ruska, Icel. & Sw. ruska to shake, Dan. ruske to shake, and E. rouse.
1. To move forward with impetuosity, violence, and tumultuous rapidity or haste; as, armies rush to battle; waters rush down a precipice.
Like to an entered tide, they all rush by.— William Shakespeare
2. To enter into something with undue haste and eagerness, or without due deliberation and preparation; as, to rush business or speculation.
They... never think it to be a part of religion to rush into the office of princes and ministers.— Thomas Sprat
1. To push or urge forward with impetuosity or violence; to hurry forward.
2. To recite (a lesson) or pass (an examination) without an error. College Cant, U.S.
1. A moving forward with rapidity and force or eagerness; a violent motion or course; as, a rush of troops; a rush of winds; a rush of water.
A gentleman of his train spurred up his horse, and, with a violent rush, severed him from the duke.— Sir Henry Wotton
2. Great activity with pressure; as, a rush of business. colloquial
3. A perfect recitation. College Cant, U.S.
4. Football (a) A rusher; as, the center rush, whose place is in the center of the rush line; the end rush. (b) The act of running with the ball.
Bunt rush Football, a combined rush by main strength. — Rush line Football, the line composed of rushers.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54
Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
1.<language> An interactive dialect of PL/I, related to CPS, dated about 1966. The name is the abbreviation of "Remote Use of Shared Hardware".
["Introduction to RUSH", Allen-Babcock Computing 1969. Sammet 1969, p.309.]
2.<language> A high-level language that closely resembles Tcl but aimed to provide substantially faster execution. See An Introduction to the Rush Language (ftp://ginsberg.cs.berkeley.edu/pub/papers/asah/rush-tcl94.ps.gz). by Adam Sah, Jon Blow, and Brian Dennis (1994).
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