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Rush

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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Similar meaning 4

Hurried 84% connected

Urged on; hastened; going or working at speed; as, a hurried writer; a hurried life.

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Hurried 84% connected

Urged on; hastened; going or working at speed; as, a hurried writer; a hurried life.

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Unreserved 84% connected

Not reserved; not kept back; not withheld in part; unrestrained.

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Unreserved 84% connected

Not reserved; not kept back; not withheld in part; unrestrained.

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Broader term 24

Act 76% connected

That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

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Assail 76% connected

To attack with violence, or in a vehement and hostile manner; to assault; to molest; as, to assail a man with blows; to assail a city with artillery.

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Assault 76% connected

A violent onset or attack with physical means, as blows, weapons, etc.; an onslaught; the rush or charge of an attacking force; onset; as, to make as…

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Attack 76% connected

To fall upon with force; to assail, as with force and arms; to assault.

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Burst 76% connected

of Burst

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Displace 76% connected

To change the place of; to remove from the usual or proper place; to put out of place; to place in another situation; as, the books in the library ar…

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Effect 76% connected

Execution; performance; realization; operation; as, the law goes into effect in May.

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Effectuate 76% connected

To bring to pass; to effect; to achieve; to accomplish; to fulfill.

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Excitement 76% connected

The act of exciting, or the state of being roused into action, or of having increased action; impulsion; agitation; as, an excitement of the people.

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Exhilaration 76% connected

The act of enlivening the spirits; the act of making glad or cheerful; a gladdening.

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Exhort 76% connected

To incite by words or advice; to animate or urge by arguments, as to a good deed or laudable conduct; to address exhortation to; to urge strongly; he…

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Flare-up 76% connected

A sudden burst of anger or passion; an angry dispute.

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Flow 76% connected

imp. sing. of Fly, v. i.

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Flowing 76% connected

of Flow

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Go 76% connected

Gone.

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Motion 76% connected

The act, process, or state of changing place or position; movement; the passing of a body from one place or position to another, whether voluntary or…

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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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Movement 76% connected

The act of moving; change of place or posture; transference, by any means, from one situation to another; natural or appropriate motion; progress; ad…

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Outburst 76% connected

A bursting forth.

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Press 76% connected

An East Indian insectivore (Tupaia ferruginea). It is arboreal in its habits, and has a bushy tail. The fur is soft, and varies from rusty red to mar…

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Run 76% connected

of Run

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Running 76% connected

of Run

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Travel 76% connected

To labor; to travail.

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Urge 76% connected

To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward.

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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.

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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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Narrower term 7

Bolt 76% connected

A shaft or missile intended to be shot from a crossbow or catapult, esp. a short, stout, blunt-headed arrow; a quarrel; an arrow, or that which resem…

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Bulrush 76% connected

A kind of large rush, growing in wet land or in water.

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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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Onrush 76% connected

A rushing onward.

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Scamper 76% connected

To run with speed; to run or move in a quick, hurried manner; to hasten away.

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Scramble 76% connected

To clamber with hands and knees; to scrabble; as, to scramble up a cliff; to scramble over the rocks.

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Scurry 76% connected

To hasten away or along; to move rapidly; to hurry; as, the rabbit scurried away.

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Derivationally related 14

Haste 74% connected

Celerity of motion; speed; swiftness; dispatch; expedition; -- applied only to voluntary beings, as men and other animals.

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Haste 74% connected

Celerity of motion; speed; swiftness; dispatch; expedition; -- applied only to voluntary beings, as men and other animals.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Hurry 74% connected

To hasten; to impel to greater speed; to urge on.

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Hurry 74% connected

To hasten; to impel to greater speed; to urge on.

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Rusher 74% connected

One who rushes.

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Rusher 74% connected

One who rushes.

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Rushy 74% connected

Abounding with rushes.

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Rushy 74% connected

Abounding with rushes.

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Causes 3

Hasten 72% connected

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

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Hurry 72% connected

To hasten; to impel to greater speed; to urge on.

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Synonym 20

Bang 92% connected

To beat, as with a club or cudgel; to treat with violence; to handle roughly.

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Boot 92% connected

Remedy; relief; amends; reparation; hence, one who brings relief.

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Charge 92% connected

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

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Festinate 92% connected

Hasty; hurried.

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Flush 92% connected

To flow and spread suddenly; to rush; as, blood flushes into the face.

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Haste 92% connected

Celerity of motion; speed; swiftness; dispatch; expedition; -- applied only to voluntary beings, as men and other animals.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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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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Hie 92% connected

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

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Hotfoot 92% connected

In haste; foothot.

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Hurry 92% connected

To hasten; to impel to greater speed; to urge on.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Induce 92% connected

To lead in; to introduce.

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Kick 92% connected

To strike, thrust, or hit violently with the foot; as, a horse kicks a groom; a man kicks a dog.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Race 92% connected

To raze.

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Rushed 92% connected

of Rush

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Rushing 92% connected

of Rush

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Spate 92% connected

A river flood; an overflow or inundation.

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Speed 92% connected

Prosperity in an undertaking; favorable issue; success.

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Stimulate 92% connected

To excite as if with a goad; to excite, rouse, or animate, to action or more vigorous exertion by some pungent motive or by persuasion; as, to stimul…

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Surge 92% connected

A spring; a fountain.

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Thrill 92% connected

A warbling; a trill.

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