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Noun hurry has 3 senses
- hurry, haste - a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry; "in a hurry to lock the door"
--1 is a kind of urgency
- 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:
- 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
Verb hurry has 3 senses
- 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
Sample sentences:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
- 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
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
- rush, hurry - urge to an unnatural speed; "Don't rush me, please!"
--3 is one way to urge, urge on, press, exhort
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
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