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Definition of 'RUSH'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.i.) rush
to move, act, or progress with speed, impetuosity, or violence.

2.  rush
to dash forward, as for an attack.

3.  rush
to appear, go, pass, etc., rapidly or suddenly.

4.  rush
to carry the football on a running play.

5. (v.t.) rush
to perform, accomplish, or finish with speed, impetuosity, or violence.

6.  rush
to carry or convey with haste.

7.  rush
to cause to move, act, or progress quickly; hurry.

8.  rush
to send, push, force, impel, etc., with unusual speed or haste.

9.  rush
to attack suddenly and violently; charge.

10.  rush
to overcome or capture (a person, place, etc.).

11.  rush
Informal. to court intensively; woo.

12.  rush
to entertain (a prospective fraternity or sorority member) before making bids for membership.

13.  rush
to carry (the football) forward across the line of scrimmage.

14.  rush
to carry the football (a distance) forward from the line of scrimmage.

15.  rush
(of a defensive team member) to attempt to force a way quickly into the backfield in pursuit of (the back in possession of the football).

16. (n.) rush
the act of rushing; a rapid, impetuous, or violent onward movement.

17.  rush
a hostile attack.

18.  rush
a sudden appearance or access.

19.  rush
hurried activity; busy haste.

20.  rush
a hurried state, as from pressure of affairs.

21.  rush
press of work, business, traffic, etc., requiring extraordinary effort or haste.

22.  rush
an eager rushing of numbers of persons to some region:
the California gold rush.

23.  rush
an attempt to carry or instance of carrying the football across the line of scrimmage.

24.  rush
an act or instance of rushing the offensive back in possession of the football.

25.  rush
a scrimmage held as a form of sport between classes or bodies of students in colleges.

26.  rush
rushes,

27.  rush
Informal. a series of lavish attentions paid by a suitor.

28.  rush
the rushing by a fraternity or sorority.

29.  rush
the initial, intensely pleasurable or exhilarated feeling experienced from a narcotic or stimulant drug.

30. (adj.) rush
requiring or done in haste.

31.  rush
characterized by excessive business, a press of work or traffic, etc.

32. (n.) rush
any grasslike plant of the genus Juncus, having pithy or hollow stems, found in wet or marshy places.

33.  rush
any of various similar plants.

34.  rush
a stem of such a plant, used for making chair bottoms, baskets, etc.

35.  rush
something of little or no value; trifle.

36. (n.) Rush
Benjamin, 1745–1813, U.S. physician and political leader: author of medical treatises.

Definition of 'RUSH'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) haste, hurry, rush, rushing
the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner
"in his haste to leave he forgot his book"

2. (noun) rush, spate, surge, upsurge
a sudden forceful flow

3. (noun) rush
grasslike plants growing in wet places and having cylindrical often hollow stems

4. (noun) Rush, Benjamin Rush
physician and American Revolutionary leader; signer of the Declaration of Independence (1745-1813)

5. (noun) bang, boot, charge, rush, flush, thrill, kick
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"

6. (noun) rush
a sudden burst of activity
"come back after the rush"

7. (adj) rush, rushing
(American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running into the line
"the linebackers were ready to stop a rush"

8. (adj) first-come-first-serve(p), rush
not accepting reservations

9. (verb) rush(a), rushed
done under pressure
"a rush job"

10. (verb) rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along, step on it
move fast
"He rushed down the hall to receive his guests"; "The cars raced down the street"

11. (verb) rush
attack suddenly

12. (verb) rush, hurry
urge to an unnatural speed
"Don't rush me, please!"

13. (verb) rush, hasten, hurry, look sharp, festinate
act or move at high speed
"We have to rush!"; "hurry--it's late!"

14. (verb) rush
run with the ball, in football

15. (verb) race, rush
cause to move fast or to rush or race
"The psychologist raced the rats through a long maze"

16. (verb) induce, stimulate, rush, hasten
cause to occur rapidly
"the infection precipitated a high fever and allergic reactions"

Definition of 'RUSH'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) rush
to hurry or make hurry
Ambulances rushed to the scene of the accident.; Don't rush me, or I'll forget something.; You can see they rushed the painting.

2.  rush
to take or send somewhere quickly
She was rushed to the hospital.; We need them to rush supplies over to us.

3.  rush
rush to do sth
to do sth too quickly
Don't rush to judge her for what she did.

4. (noun) rush
when people hurry
Are you in a rush?; people who are in a rush to sell their houses

5.  rush
a sudden movement or emotion
a rush of blood to the head; a rush of excitement

Definition of 'RUSH'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) RUSH
a name given to many aquatic or marsh-growing endogenous plants with soft, slender stems, as the species of Juncus and Scirpus

2. (noun) RUSH
the merest trifle; a straw

3. (noun) RUSH
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

4. (noun) RUSH
great activity with pressure; as, a rush of business

5. (noun) RUSH
a perfect recitation

6. (noun) RUSH
a rusher; as, the center rush, whose place is in the center of the rush line; the end rush

7. (noun) RUSH
the act of running with the ball

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

9. (verb) RUSH
to enter into something with undue haste and eagerness, or without due deliberation and preparation; as, to rush business or speculation

10. (verb) RUSH
to push or urge forward with impetuosity or violence; to hurry forward

11. (verb) RUSH
to recite (a lesson) or pass (an examination) without an error

Translation of 'RUSH'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to (make someone or something) hurry or go quickly He rushed into the room; She rushed him to the doctor.
Afrikaans: jaag	Arabic: يَنْدَفِع	Bulgarian: втурвам се
Brazilian: ir/levaràs pressas	Czech: spěchat, rychle odvézt	German: stürzen, treiben
Danish: gøre noget hurtigt	Greek: ορμώ, τρέχω, κάνω κτ. βια	Spanish: precipitarse, lanzarse, c
Estonian: kiirustama	Farsi: شتابیدن؛ با عجله آمدن؛ رف	Finnish: kiirehtiä
French: se précipiter; emmener d'	Hebrew: לְמַהֵר	Hindi: शीघ्रता करना, जल्दी करना
Croatian: požurivati	Hungarian: beront; sürget; kerget	Indonesian: menghambur
Icelandic: þjóta, hraða (sér/e-m)	Italian: precipitarsi; portare d'u	Japanese: 急ぐ
Korean: 빠르게 달리다	Lithuanian: pulti, skubiai nugabenti,	Latvian: []drāzties; steidzināt
Malay: berkejar, bergegas	Dutch: ijlings (doen) gaan	Norwegian: skynde seg, bringe i all
Polish: pospieszyć, gnać	Persian: شتابیدن؛ با عجله آمدن؛ رف	Pashto: تلل، له عجلی سره راتلل، چ
Portuguese: ir/levarà pressa	Romanian: a (se) grăbi; a trimite d	Russian: торопить(ся)
Slovak: ponáhľať sa	Slovenian: planiti; hitro odpeljati	Serbian: naterati nekog da uradi n
Swedish: rusa, störta, föra i all	Thai: รีบเร่ง	Turkish: acele etmek, koşturmak
Taiwanese: 催促，匆匆進行	Ukrainian: кидатися; мчати	Urdu: تیزی سے جانا
Vietnamese: lao vào	Chinese: 催促，匆忙地做
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