RUSH
\ɹˈʌʃ], \ɹˈʌʃ], \ɹ_ˈʌ_ʃ]\
Definitions of RUSH
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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physician and Revolutionary American leader; signer of the Declaration of Independence (1745-1813)
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act or move at high speed; "We have to rush!"; "hurry--it's late!"
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not accepting reservations
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the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner; "in his haste to leave he forgot his book"
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cause to move fast or to rush or race; "The psychologist raced the rats through a long maze"
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run with the ball, in football
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a sudden forceful flow
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grasslike plants growing in wet places and having cylindrical often hollow stems
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attack suddenly
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a sudden burst of activity; "come back after the rush"
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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"
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cause to occur rapidly; "the infection precipitated a high fever and allergic reactions"
By Princeton University
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physician and Revolutionary American leader; signer of the Declaration of Independence (1745-1813)
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act or move at high speed; "We have to rush!"; "hurry--it's late!"
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not accepting reservations
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the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner; "in his haste to leave he forgot his book"
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cause to move fast or to rush or race; "The psychologist raced the rats through a long maze"
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run with the ball, in football
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a sudden burst of activity; "come back after the rush"; "he joined the gold rush"
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a sudden forceful flow
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grasslike plants growing in wet places and having cylindrical often hollow stems
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attack suddenly
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A name given to many aquatic or marsh-growing endogenous plants with soft, slender stems, as the species of Juncus and Scirpus.
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The merest trifle; a straw.
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To move forward with impetuosity, violence, and tumultuous rapidity or haste; as, armies rush to battle; waters rush down a precipice.
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To enter into something with undue haste and eagerness, or without due deliberation and preparation; as, to rush business or speculation.
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To push or urge forward with impetuosity or violence; to hurry forward.
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To recite (a lesson) or pass (an examination) without an error.
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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.
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Great activity with pressure; as, a rush of business.
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A rusher; as, the center rush, whose place is in the center of the rush line; the end rush.
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The act of running with the ball.
By Oddity Software
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A name given to many aquatic or marsh-growing endogenous plants with soft, slender stems, as the species of Juncus and Scirpus.
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The merest trifle; a straw.
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To move forward with impetuosity, violence, and tumultuous rapidity or haste; as, armies rush to battle; waters rush down a precipice.
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To enter into something with undue haste and eagerness, or without due deliberation and preparation; as, to rush business or speculation.
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To push or urge forward with impetuosity or violence; to hurry forward.
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To recite (a lesson) or pass (an examination) without an error.
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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.
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Great activity with pressure; as, a rush of business.
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A rusher; as, the center rush, whose place is in the center of the rush line; the end rush.
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The act of running with the ball.
By Noah Webster.
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A driving forward with eagerness and haste; any of many plants growing on wet ground; anything worthless or of little value; colloquially, an extraordinary demand for activity and haste; as the Christmas rush in a store.
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To move or press forward with haste; enter or do with undue haste or eagerness.
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To cause to move with speed; hurry; as, to rush a man off to his work; to make an attack on and occupy; as, to rush a fortiflcation.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To move with a shaking, rustling noise, as the wind: to move forward violently: to enter rashly and hastily.
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A rushing or driving forward.
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A plant with a round stem and no leaves, common in wet ground.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To drive or push with violent haste; hurry.
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To move or enter precipitately.
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A grass-like herb, having soft, pliant stems.
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A worthless thing.
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The act of rushing.
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Extraordinary haste or pressure.
By James Champlin Fernald
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A plant growing mostly in wet ground; anything proverbially worthless.
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A driving forward with eagerness and haste; a run.
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To press forward with impetuosity; to enter with undue eagerness.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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To tumble down with rapidity, as a stream; to move with force or violence; to enter with undue haste or eagerness.
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A violent motion or course; a driving forward with eagerness and haste.
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A plant of many species growing on wet ground; anything worthless or of little value.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. [Anglo-Saxon] A plant of the genus Juneus, of many species, growing in wet ground, and largely used tor making mats, chair- bottoms, &c. the merest trifle; a straw.
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n. A driving forward with eagerness and haste;- an impetuous or violent onset;— heavy flow or current of water, wind, &c.
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