Results for rush

Definitions of rush:

part of speech: noun

A plant with a round stem and no leaves, common in wet ground.

part of speech: verb intransitive

To move or press forward with haste; enter or do with undue haste or eagerness.

part of speech: verb transitive

To cause to move with speed; hurry; as, to rush a man off to his work; to make an attack on and occupy; as, to rush a fortiflcation.

part of speech: noun

A rushing or driving forward.

part of speech: verb

To tumble down with rapidity, as a stream; to move with force or violence; to enter with undue haste or eagerness.

part of speech: noun

A plant of many species growing on wet ground; anything worthless or of little value.

part of speech: noun

A driving forward with eagerness and haste; any of many plants growing on wet ground; anything worthless or of little value; colloquially, an extraordinary demand for activity and haste; as the Christmas rush in a store.

part of speech: verb intransitive

To move with a shaking, rustling noise, as the wind: to move forward violently: to enter rashly and hastily.

part of speech: noun

A violent motion or course; a driving forward with eagerness and haste.

Usage examples for rush:

• Not till she had got past my line of view did I step out, and then- then it was to see what I have already told you- her rush toward the front- the start she gave- the fall- that cruel arrow! "The Mystery of the Hasty Arrow", Anna Katharine Green

• With a sudden rush of pity, she went to him and took his hand: " See here, Mr. Mac," she said very gravely, " I got to tell you something. "Calvary Alley", Alice Hegan Rice

• Then I got a turrible rush of words to the mouth, and put the case up to him right strong. "Alec Lloyd, Cowpuncher", Eleanor Gates

• If a husband comes home to find dinner not cooked, and speaks angrily, his wife will rush to us in tears for a divorce. "The Soul of a People", H. Fielding