rush | English to English Dictionary

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rush

(r/@//S/ )

the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner(noun.act)

Synonym:
haste, hurry, rushing

source: wordnet30
a sudden forceful flow(noun.event)

Synonym:
spate, surge, upsurge

source: wordnet30
grasslike plants growing in wet places and having cylindrical often hollow stems(noun.plant)

source: wordnet30
physician and American Revolutionary leader; signer of the Declaration of Independence (1745-1813)(noun.person)

Synonym:
benjamin rush

source: wordnet30
the swift release of a store of affective force(noun.feeling)

Example:
He got a quick rush from injecting heroin.

Synonym:
bang, boot, charge, flush, kick, thrill

source: wordnet30
a sudden burst of activity(noun.event)

Example:
Come back after the rush.

source: wordnet30
(American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running into the line(noun.act)

Example:
The linebackers were ready to stop a rush.

Synonym:
rushing

source: wordnet30
A name given to many aquatic or marsh-growing endogenous plants with soft, slender stems, as the species of Juncus and Scirpus.(noun)

source: webster1913
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.(noun)

source: webster1913

move fast(verb.motion)

Example:
He rushed down the hall to receive his guests.

Synonym:
belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, hasten, hie, hotfoot, pelt along, race, rush along, speed, step on it
Antonym:
dawdle, linger

source: wordnet30
attack suddenly(verb.competition)

source: wordnet30
urge to an unnatural speed(verb.change)

Example:
Don't rush me, please!.

Synonym:
hurry
Antonym:
delay, detain, hold up

source: wordnet30
act or move at high speed(verb.change)

Example:
We have to rush!.

Synonym:
festinate, hasten, hurry, look sharp

source: wordnet30
run with the ball, in football(verb.motion)

source: wordnet30
cause to move fast or to rush or race(verb.motion)

Synonym:
race

source: wordnet30
cause to occur rapidly(verb.creation)

Synonym:
hasten, induce, stimulate

source: wordnet30
To move forward with impetuosity, violence, and tumultuous rapidity or haste; as, armies rush to battle; waters rush down a precipice.(verb)

source: webster1913
To push or urge forward with impetuosity or violence; to hurry forward.(verb)

source: webster1913