rushes
Meaning of rushes
verb, 3rd person present
- move with urgent haste.
Oliver rushed after her
I rushed outside and hailed a taxi
- dash towards (someone or something) in an attempt to attack or capture.
to rush the bank and fire willy-nilly could be disastrous for everyone
- entertain (a new student) in order to assess suitability for membership of a college fraternity or sorority.
- make (a customer) pay a particular amount, especially an excessive one.
how much did they rush you for this heap?
They rushed you, all right! It's not worth a penny more than £120
- a sudden quick movement towards something, typically by a number of people.
there was a rush for the door
- an act of advancing forward, especially towards the quarterback.
- the first prints made of a film after a period of shooting.
after the shoot the agency team will see the rushes
late Middle English: from an Anglo-Norman French variant of Old French ruser ‘drive back’, an early sense of the word in English (see ruse).
plural noun- an erect, tufted marsh or waterside plant resembling a sedge or grass, with inconspicuous greenish or brownish flowers. Widely distributed in temperate areas, some kinds are used for matting, chair seats, and baskets.
- a thing of no value (used for emphasis).
not one of them is worth a rush
Old English risc, rysc, of Germanic origin.
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Hyphenation of rushes
rushes
- It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
- rushes is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
rushes synonyms
Meaning move or act with great haste:
Meaning run or travel somewhere in a great hurry:
Meaning move at a speed faster than a walk, never having both or all the feet on the ground at the same time:
Meaning move or progress swiftly or at full speed:
Meaning run at full speed over a short distance:
Meaning fasten (a door or window) with a bar that slides into a socket:
Meaning move or run somewhere suddenly or rapidly:
Meaning (of a horse) go at the pace of a gallop:
Meaning move swiftly and in an uncontrolled way:
Meaning demand (an amount) as a price for a service rendered or goods supplied:
Meaning move suddenly and rapidly in a particular direction:
Meaning move or cause to move at high speed, typically in an uncontrolled manner:
Meaning run with great speed:
Meaning walk or run with leaping strides:
Meaning depart hastily:
Meaning move quickly:
Meaning move or travel very quickly:
Meaning a unit of weight equal to 16 oz. avoirdupois (0.4536 kg), or 12 oz. troy (0.3732 kg):
Meaning jump or dive quickly and energetically:
Meaning move quickly or suddenly in a specified direction:
Meaning take or move (someone or something) somewhere suddenly and quickly:
Meaning move very fast in a specified direction:
Meaning (of a person or small animal) move hurriedly with short quick steps:
Meaning a metal container with a handle, used to fetch and store coal for a domestic fire:
Meaning (especially of a small animal or child) run with quick light steps, especially through fear or excitement:
Meaning move hurriedly or clumsily from or into a particular place or position:
Meaning move or travel hurriedly:
Meaning move in an energetic and busy manner:
Meaning push, carry, or send forcibly, hastily, or unceremoniously:
Meaning (of horses, cattle, or other animals) rush wildly in a sudden mass panic:
Meaning move very quickly in a reckless or excited manner:
Meaning rush or dash in a specified direction:
Meaning run somewhere very quickly:
Meaning go or leave somewhere quickly:
Meaning move or cause to move suddenly and rapidly:
Meaning move at high speed:
Meaning move fast or suddenly in a specified direction:
Meaning come, go, or move somewhere rapidly or in a forceful way:
Meaning move very quickly:
Meaning (of a vehicle) move quickly and jerkily:
Meaning snatch or remove (something) quickly:
Meaning dance to pop or rock music:
Meaning fasten or be fastened with a clip or clips:
Meaning drive or move in a way that is so fast as to almost be out of control:
Meaning a group of ships sailing together, engaged in the same activity, or under the same ownership:
Meaning display (a notice) in a public place:
Meaning go quickly:
Meaning archaic term for hasten:
Meaning keep oneself occupied:
Meaning full of incessant or frantic activity:
Meaning distraught with fear, anxiety, or other emotion:
Meaning take aggressive military action against (a place or enemy forces) with weapons or armed force:
Meaning make a concerted or violent attack on:
Meaning (of troops) suddenly attack and capture (a building or other place) by means of force:
Meaning an interruption of continuity or uniformity:
Meaning a fierce or destructive attack:
Meaning an attack made by troops coming out from a position of defence:
Meaning a sudden charge out of a besieged place against the enemy; a sortie:
Meaning a physical attack:
Meaning a surging rush forward:
rushes antonyms
Meaning waste time; be slow:
Anagrams of rushes
Husser, Rhesus, rhesus, rhuses, ushers, Ussher
Words that rhyme with rushes
shes, Ashes, Chumashes, Chuvashes, Siwashes, abashes, abrashes, ashes, backlashes, backslashes, backsplashes, backwashes, badmashes, bagwashes, balderdashes, bardashes, bashes, bedashes, berdashes, blackwashes, blashes, brainwashes, brashes, budmashes, burdashes, calabashes, calashes, calipashes, camashes, carwashes, cashes, chuvashes, clashes, colourwashes, cornbrashes, crashes, dashes, deashes, dobhashes, downwashes, earbashes, eggwashes, emdashes, encashes, endashes, eyelashes, eyewashes, fashes, flashes, flatwashes
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