Meaning of HIE
| Pronunciation: | | hI
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| | Definition: | | [v] step on it; "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests"; "The cars raced down the street" |
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| | Synonyms: | | belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, hasten, hotfoot, pelt along, race, rush, rush along, speed |
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| | Antonyms: | | dawdle, linger | | |
| | See Also: | | accelerate, barge, buck, charge, dart, dash, flash, go, locomote, move, push forward, quicken, scoot, scud, shoot, shoot down, speed up, tear, thrust ahead, travel | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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.
The youth, returning to his mistress, hies. --Dryden.
\Hie\, n.
Haste; diligence. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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| | Related Terms: | | accelerate, bolt, bundle, bustle, career, cheer on, commute, course, cover ground, crowd, dart, dash, dispatch, drive on, egg on, expedite, fare, fare forth, fetch, fling, flit, flow, forward, gang, go, go along, go to, goad on, haste, hasten, hasten on, hie on, hie to, hound on, hump, hump it, hurry, hurry along, hurry on, hurry up, hurtle, hustle, hustle up, journey, make haste, make the scene, move, move along, move on, pass, post, precipitate, press, proceed, process, progress, push, push on, push through, quicken, race, railroad through, repair, repair to, resort to, roll, roll on, root on, run, rush, rush along, sashay, scamper, scoot, scour, scramble, scud, scurry, scuttle, shoot, skedaddle, speed, speed along, speed on, speed up, spur, spur on, stampede, step on it, stream, tear, travel, urge, urge on, visit, wayfare, wend, whip, whip along, whip on |
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