| VERB | motion | hurry, travel rapidly, speed, zip | move very fast |
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| change | hurry, rush, hasten, look sharp, festinate | act or move at high speed | |
| change | hurry, rush | urge to an unnatural speed | |
| NOUN | state | hurry, haste | a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry |
| attribute | hurry, haste, hastiness, hurriedness, precipitation | overly eager speed (and possible carelessness) | |
| act | hurry, haste, rush, rushing | the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner |
| Sounds | hher'iy | |
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| Rhymes | accessory ... worry: 201 rhymes with eriy... | |
| Meaning | A condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry. | |
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| Example | "in a hurry to lock the door" | |
| Synonym | haste | |
| Broader | urgency | The state of being urgent |
| Spanish | apuro, prisa | |
| Catalan | pressa | |
| Verbs | hurry | urge to an unnatural speed |
| Meaning | overly eager speed (and possible carelessness). | |
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| Synonyms | haste, hastiness, hurriedness, precipitation | |
| Narrower | abruptness, precipitateness, precipitousness, precipitance, precipitancy, suddenness | The quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning |
| Broader | speed, swiftness, fastness | A rate (usually rapid) at which something happens |
| Spanish | apresuración, apresuramiento, prisa, sopetón | |
| Catalan | pressa | |
| Verbs | hurry | act or move at high speed |
| Meaning | The act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner. | |
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| Synonyms | haste, rush, rushing | |
| Narrower | dash, bolt | The act of moving with great haste |
| scamper, scramble, scurry | rushing about hastily in an undignified way | |
| Broader | motion, movement, move | The act of changing location from one place to another |
| Spanish | apresuración, apresuramiento, ímpetu, precipitación, prisa, tropel, urgencia | |
| Catalan | apressament, ímpetu, precipitació, pressa, urgència | |
| Verbs | hurry | move very fast |
| Meaning | Move very fast. | |
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| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonyms | travel rapidly, speed, zip | |
| Narrower | flit, flutter, fleet, dart | Move along rapidly and lightly |
| run | Move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time | |
| zoom, zoom along, whizz, whizz along | Move along very quickly | |
| Broader | travel, go, move, locomote | change location |
| Spanish | acelerar, apresurarse, apresurar, darse prisa | |
| Catalan | accelerar, afanyar-se, apressar, cuitar, donar-se pressa | |
| Nouns | hurry | the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner |
| hurrying | changing location rapidly | |
| Meaning | Act or move at high speed. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Example | "hurry--it's late!" | |
| Synonyms | rush, hasten, look sharp, festinate | |
| Caused by | rush, hurry | urge to an unnatural speed |
| Broader | act, move | Perform an action, or work out or perform (an action) |
| Spanish | acelerar, apresurarse, apurarse, apurar | |
| Catalan | abalançar-se, accelerar-se, afanyar-se, apressar-se, apressar, atropellar, cuitar, donar-se pressa, llençar-se, precipitar-se | |
| Nouns | hurry | overly eager speed (and possible carelessness) |
| Meaning | urge to an unnatural speed. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonym | rush | |
| Cause to | rush, hasten, hurry, look sharp, festinate | Act or move at high speed |
| Broader | urge, urge on, press, exhort | Force or impel in an indicated direction |
| Opposite | delay, detain, hold up | Cause to be slowed ... / slowed down or delayed |
| Spanish | achuchar, apresurar, meter prisa | |
| Catalan | afanyar, apressar, cuitar, donar pressa | |
| Nouns | hurry | a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry |
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