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rush


Definition: Meaning of, rush in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / rʌʃ /

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Present Participle Third Person Singular
rushing rushes
  1. move quickly [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to move very quickly, especially because you need to be somewhere very soon [=  hurry]
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  2. rush to do something to do something very quickly and without delay
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  3. do something too quickly [intransitive and transitive] to do or decide something too quickly, especially so that you do not have time to do it carefully or well
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  4. take/send urgently [transitive always + adverb/preposition] to take or send someone or something somewhere very quickly, especially because of an unexpected problem
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  5. make somebody hurry [transitive] to try to make someone do something more quickly than they want to
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  6. liquid [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] if water or another liquid rushes somewhere, it moves quickly
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  7. blood blood rushes to somebody's face/cheeks used to say that someone's face becomes red because they feel embarrassed
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  8. attack [transitive] to attack a person or place suddenly and in a group
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  9. american universities American English [transitive] to give parties for students, have meetings etc, in order to decide whether to let them join your FRATERNITY or SORORITY (= type of club)
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  10. american universities American English [intransitive and transitive] to go through the process of trying to be accepted into one of these clubs
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  11. american football [intransitive and transitive] to carry the ball forward
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rush rushes
  1. fast movement [singular] a sudden fast movement of things or people
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  2. hurry [singular,uncountable] a situation in which you need to hurry
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  3. busy period the rush the time in the day, month, year etc when a place or group of people is particularly busy [↪  peak]
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  4. people wanting something [singular] a situation in which a lot of people suddenly try to do or get something
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  5. feeling [singular] informal a sudden strong, usually pleasant feeling that you get from taking a drug or from doing something exciting [↪  high]
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  6. feeling [singular] rush of anger/excitement/gratitude etc a sudden very strong feeling of anger etc
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  7. plant [countable usually plural] a type of tall grass that grows in water, often used for making baskets
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  8. film rushes [plural] the first prints of a film before it has been EDIT ed [=  dailies American English]
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  9. american students [uncountable] American English the time when students in American universities who want to join a FRATERNITY or SORORITY (= type of club) go to a lot of parties in order to try to be accepted
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Rush


Definition: Meaning of, Rush in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / rʌʃ /

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  1. 1745-1813 physician and American Revolutionary leader; signer of the Declaration of Independence
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Rush used in phrases

  • Benjamin Rush (noun)
    1. 1745-1813 physician and American Revolutionary leader; signer of the Declaration of Independence
  • Egyptian paper rush (noun)
    1. tall sedge of the Nile valley yielding fibre that served many purposes in historic times
  • bum's rush (noun)
    1. informal forcible ejection from an establishment; dismissal
  • common rush (noun)
    1. tall rush with soft erect or arching stems found in Eurasia, Australia, New Zealand, and common in North America
  • cotton rush (noun)
    1. any sedge of the genus Eriophorum; north temperate bog plants with tufted spikes
  • creeping spike rush (noun)
    1. cylindrical-stemmed sedge
  • gold rush (noun)
    1. a situation when a lot of people hurry to a place where gold has just been discovered
  • hard rush (noun)
    1. tall rush of temperate regions
  • jointed rush (noun)
    1. rush of Australia
  • needle rush (noun)
    1. fine-leaved aquatic spike rush; popular as aerator for aquariums
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Rush used in phrasal verbs

  • rush around (phrasal verb)
    1. to try to do a lot of things or to go to a lot of places in a short period of time
  • rush into (phrasal verb)
    1. rush into something to do something without first thinking carefully about it
  • rush out (phrasal verb)
    1. to quickly produce something and make it available for people to buy
  • rush through (phrasal verb)
    1. to deal with official or legal business more quickly than usual
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