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Hie

To hasten; to go in haste; -- also often with the reciprocal pronoun.

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Manner of action 10

Barge 76% connected

A pleasure boat; a vessel or boat of state, elegantly furnished and decorated.

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Buck 76% connected

Lye or suds in which cloth is soaked in the operation of bleaching, or in which clothes are washed.

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Charge 76% connected

To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill.

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Dart 76% connected

A pointed missile weapon, intended to be thrown by the hand; a short lance; a javelin; hence, any sharp-pointed missile weapon, as an arrow.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Dash 76% connected

To throw with violence or haste; to cause to strike violently or hastily; -- often used with against.

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Flash 76% connected

To burst or break forth with a sudden and transient flood of flame and light; as, the lighting flashes vividly; the powder flashed.

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Scoot 76% connected

To walk fast; to go quickly; to run hastily away.

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Scud 76% connected

To move swiftly; especially, to move as if driven forward by something.

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Shoot 76% connected

An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, etc., are caused to slide; also, a narrow passage, either natural or artifi…

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Tear 76% connected

A drop of the limpid, saline fluid secreted, normally in small amount, by the lachrymal gland, and diffused between the eye and the eyelids to moiste…

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Broader term 3

Go 76% connected

Gone.

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Move 76% connected

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

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Travel 76% connected

To labor; to travail.

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Synonym 5

Hasten 92% connected

To press; to drive or urge forward; to push on; to precipitate; to accelerate the movement of; to expedite; to hurry.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Hotfoot 92% connected

In haste; foothot.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Race 92% connected

To raze.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Rush 92% connected

A name given to many aquatic or marsh-growing endogenous plants with soft, slender stems, as the species of Juncus and Scirpus.

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Speed 92% connected

Prosperity in an undertaking; favorable issue; success.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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