| VERB | motion | hurtle | move with or as if with a rushing / rushing sound |
|---|---|---|---|
| motion | hurtle, lunge, hurl, thrust | make a thrusting forward movement | |
| contact | hurtle, hurl, cast | throw forcefully |
| Sounds | hher'tahl | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... | |
| Meaning | Move with or as if with a rushing / rushing sound. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP | |
| Example | "The cars hurtled by" | |
| Broader | travel, go, move, locomote | change location |
| Spanish | abalanzarse, arrojarse, precipitarse | |
| Catalan | abalançar-se, llançar-se, precipitar-se | |
| Meaning | make a thrusting forward movement. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonyms | lunge, hurl, thrust | |
| Narrower | dart | Move with sudden speed |
| riposte | Make a return thrust | |
| Broader | move | Move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion |
| Spanish | embestir, empujar, impeler, propulsar | |
| Catalan | empentar, empènyer, envestir, impel·lir, propel·lir, propulsar | |
| Meaning | Throw forcefully. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Model | They hurtle the object in the water | |
| Synonyms | hurl, cast | |
| Narrower | bowl | Hurl a cricket ball from one end of the pitch towards the batsman at the other end |
| crash, dash | hurl or thrust violently | |
| precipitate | hurl or throw violently | |
| sling, catapult | hurl as if with a sling | |
| Broader | throw | Propel through the air |
| Spanish | arrojar, lanzar, proyectar | |
| Catalan | llençar | |
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