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hurry

 
Noun hurry has 3 senses
  1. hurry, haste - a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry; "in a hurry to lock the door"
    --1 is a kind of urgency
    Derived form: verb hurry3
  2. haste, hastiness, hurry, hurriedness, precipitation - overly eager speed (and possible carelessness); "he soon regretted his haste"
    --2 is a kind of speed, swiftness, fastness
    --2 has particulars:
     abruptness, precipitateness, precipitance, precipitancy, suddenness
    Derived form: verb hurry2
  3. haste, hurry, rush, rushing - the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner; "in his haste to leave he forgot his book"
    --3 is a kind of motion, movement, move
    --3 has particulars: dash, bolt; scamper, scramble, scurry
    Derived form: verb hurry1
Verb hurry has 3 senses
  1. travel rapidly, speed, hurry, zip - move very fast; "The runner zipped past us at breakneck speed"
    --1 is one way to travel, go, move, locomote
    Derived forms: noun hurry3, noun hurrying1
    Sample sentences:
    Something is ----ing PP
    Somebody ----s PP
  2. rush, hasten, hurry, look sharp, festinate - act or move at high speed; "We have to rush!"; "hurry--it's late!"
    --2 is one way to act, move
    Derived form: noun hurry2
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s
  3. rush, hurry - urge to an unnatural speed; "Don't rush me, please!"
    --3 is one way to urge, urge on, press, exhort
    Derived form: noun hurry1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
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