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hurry

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hur⋅ry

  [hur-ee, huhr-ee] verb, -ried, -ry⋅ing, noun, plural -ries.
Use hurry in a Sentence
–verb (used without object)
1. to move, proceed, or act with haste (often fol. by up): Hurry, or we'll be late. Hurry up, it's starting to rain.
–verb (used with object)
2. to drive, carry, or cause to move or perform with speed.
3. to hasten; urge forward (often fol. by up).
4. to impel or perform with undue haste: to hurry someone into a decision.
–noun
5. a state of urgency or eagerness: to be in a hurry to meet a train.
6. hurried movement or action; haste.
Origin:
1580–90; expressive word of uncert. orig., cf. ME horyed (attested once) rushed, impelled, MHG hurren to move quickly

Related forms:
hur⋅ry⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. See rush 1 . 2. hasten. 3. accelerate, quicken; expedite, hustle. 6. celerity; expedition, dispatch; speed, quickness; bustle, ado.

Antonyms:
3. delay, slow. 6. deliberation.
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hur·ry   (hûr'ē, hŭr'-)   
v.   hur·ried, hur·ry·ing, hur·ries

v.   intr.
To move or act with speed or haste.
v.   tr.

  1. To cause to move or act with speed or haste: hurried the children to school.

  2. To cause to move or act with undue haste; rush: was hurried into marriage.

  3. To speed the progress or completion of; expedite. See Synonyms at speed.

n.   pl. hur·ries

  1. The act or an instance of hurrying; hastened progress.

  2. Activity or motion that is often unduly hurried; haste. See Synonyms at haste.

  3. The need or wish to hurry; a condition of urgency: in no hurry to leave.


[Possibly Middle English horien, perhaps variant of harien, to harass; see harry.]
hur'ri·er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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