| rushing | | |
| n. (act) | 1. rush, rushing | (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running into the line.; "the linebackers were ready to stop a rush" |
| ~ american football, american football game | a game played by two teams of 11 players on a rectangular field 100 yards long; teams try to get possession of the ball and advance it across the opponents goal line in a series of (running or passing) plays. |
| ~ running, running game, running play, run | (American football) a play in which a player attempts to carry the ball through or past the opposing team.; "the defensive line braced to stop the run"; "the coach put great emphasis on running" |
| n. (act) | 2. haste, hurry, rush, rushing | the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner.; "in his haste to leave he forgot his book" |
| ~ movement, move, motion | the act of changing location from one place to another.; "police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him directly in my path" |
| ~ bolt, dash | the act of moving with great haste.; "he made a dash for the door" |
| ~ scamper, scurry, scramble | rushing about hastily in an undignified way. |
| rush | | |
| n. (event) | 1. rush, spate, surge, upsurge | a sudden forceful flow. |
| ~ flow, flowing | the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases). |
| ~ debris storm, debris surge | the sudden spread of dust and debris from a collapsing building.; "the destruction of the building produced an enormous debris surge" |
| ~ onrush | a forceful forward rush or flow.; "from the bow she stared at the mesmerising onrush of the sea where it split and foamed"; "the explosion interrupted the wild onrush of her thoughts" |
| n. (plant) | 2. rush | grasslike plants growing in wet places and having cylindrical often hollow stems. |
| ~ family juncaceae, juncaceae, rush family | tufted herbs resembling grasses: rushes. |
| ~ common rush, juncus effusus, soft rush, bullrush, bulrush | tall rush with soft erect or arching stems found in Eurasia, Australia, New Zealand, and common in North America. |
| ~ jointed rush, juncus articulatus | rush of Australia. |
| ~ juncus bufonius, toad rush | low-growing annual rush of damp low-lying ground; nearly cosmopolitan. |
| ~ hard rush, juncus inflexus | tall rush of temperate regions. |
| ~ juncus leseurii, salt rush | rush of the Pacific coast of North America. |
| ~ juncus tenuis, slender rush | tufted wiry rush of wide distribution. |
| ~ bog plant, marsh plant, swamp plant | a semiaquatic plant that grows in soft wet land; most are monocots: sedge, sphagnum, grasses, cattails, etc; possibly heath. |
| n. (person) | 3. benjamin rush, rush | physician and American Revolutionary leader; signer of the Declaration of Independence (1745-1813). |
| ~ american revolutionary leader | a nationalist leader in the American Revolution and in the creation of the United States. |
| ~ doc, doctor, physician, dr., md, medico | a licensed medical practitioner.; "I felt so bad I went to see my doctor" |
| n. (feeling) | 4. bang, boot, charge, flush, kick, rush, thrill | the swift release of a store of affective force.; "they got a great bang out of it"; "what a boot!"; "he got a quick rush from injecting heroin"; "he does it for kicks" |
| ~ excitement, exhilaration | the feeling of lively and cheerful joy.; "he could hardly conceal his excitement when she agreed" |
| n. (event) | 5. rush | a sudden burst of activity.; "come back after the rush" |
| ~ flare-up, outburst, burst | a sudden intense happening.; "an outburst of heavy rain"; "a burst of lightning" |
| v. (motion) | 6. belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, hasten, hie, hotfoot, pelt along, race, rush, rush along, speed, step on it | move fast.; "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests"; "The cars raced down the street" |
| ~ go, locomote, move, travel | change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically.; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" |
| ~ barge, push forward, thrust ahead | push one's way.; "she barged into the meeting room" |
| ~ shoot down, buck, tear, charge, shoot | move quickly and violently.; "The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office" |
| ~ dash, scoot, scud, dart, flash, shoot | run or move very quickly or hastily.; "She dashed into the yard" |
| v. (competition) | 7. rush | attack suddenly. |
| ~ assail, assault, set on, attack | attack someone physically or emotionally.; "The mugger assaulted the woman"; "Nightmares assailed him regularly" |
| ~ charge, bear down | to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle.; "he saw Jess charging at him with a pitchfork" |
| v. (change) | 8. hurry, rush | urge to an unnatural speed.; "Don't rush me, please!" |
| ~ festinate, hasten, look sharp, hurry, rush | act or move at high speed.; "We have to rush!"; "hurry--it's late!" |
| ~ urge, exhort, press, urge on | force or impel in an indicated direction.; "I urged him to finish his studies" |
| v. (change) | 9. festinate, hasten, hurry, look sharp, rush | act or move at high speed.; "We have to rush!"; "hurry--it's late!" |
| ~ act, move | perform an action, or work out or perform (an action).; "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel" |
| v. (motion) | 10. rush | run with the ball, in football. |
| ~ run | move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time.; "Don't run--you'll be out of breath"; "The children ran to the store" |
| v. (motion) | 11. race, rush | cause to move fast or to rush or race.; "The psychologist raced the rats through a long maze" |
| ~ move, displace | cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense.; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" |
| v. (creation) | 12. hasten, induce, rush, stimulate | cause to occur rapidly.; "the infection precipitated a high fever and allergic reactions" |
| ~ effect, effectuate, set up | produce.; "The scientists set up a shock wave" |
| adj. | 13. first-come-first-serve, rush | not accepting reservations. |
| ~ unreserved | not reserved. |
| adj. | 14. rush, rushed | done under pressure.; "a rush job" |
| ~ hurried | moving rapidly or performed quickly or in great haste.; "a hurried trip to the store"; "the hurried life of a city"; "a hurried job" |
| flatfish | | |
| n. (food) | 1. flatfish | sweet lean whitish flesh of any of numerous thin-bodied fish; usually served as thin fillets. |
| ~ saltwater fish | flesh of fish from the sea used as food. |
| ~ flounder | flesh of any of various American and European flatfish. |
| ~ fillet of sole, sole | lean flesh of any of several flatfish. |
| ~ halibut | lean flesh of very large flatfish of Atlantic or Pacific. |
| n. (animal) | 2. flatfish | any of several families of fishes having flattened bodies that swim along the sea floor on one side of the body with both eyes on the upper side. |
| ~ acanthopterygian, spiny-finned fish | a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays. |
| ~ heterosomata, order heterosomata, order pleuronectiformes | flatfishes: halibut; sole; flounder; plaice; turbot; tonguefishes. |
| ~ flounder | any of various European and non-European marine flatfish. |
| ~ righteye flounder, righteyed flounder | flounders with both eyes on the right side of the head. |
| ~ holibut, halibut | marine food fish of the northern Atlantic or northern Pacific; the largest flatfish and one of the largest teleost fishes. |
| ~ lefteye flounder, lefteyed flounder | flatfishes with both eyes on the left side of the head. |
| ~ tongue-fish, tonguefish | left-eyed marine flatfish whose tail tapers to a point; of little commercial value. |
| ~ sole | right-eyed flatfish; many are valued as food; most common in warm seas especially European. |
| sole | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. sole | the underside of footwear or a golf club. |
| ~ footgear, footwear | covering for a person's feet. |
| ~ club-head, club head, clubhead, golf-club head | (golf) the head of the club which strikes the ball. |
| ~ half sole | shoe sole extending from the shank to the toe. |
| ~ innersole, insole | the inner sole of a shoe or boot where the foot rests. |
| ~ outsole | the outer sole of a shoe or boot that is the bottom of the shoe and makes contact with the ground. |
| ~ waist, shank | the narrow part of the shoe connecting the heel and the wide part of the sole. |
| ~ bottom, underside, undersurface | the lower side of anything. |
| n. (food) | 2. fillet of sole, sole | lean flesh of any of several flatfish. |
| ~ sole | right-eyed flatfish; many are valued as food; most common in warm seas especially European. |
| ~ flatfish | sweet lean whitish flesh of any of numerous thin-bodied fish; usually served as thin fillets. |
| ~ gray sole, grey sole | greyish-white flesh of a flatfish. |
| ~ english sole, lemon sole | highly valued almost pure white flesh. |
| n. (body) | 3. sole | the underside of the foot. |
| ~ region, area | a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve.; "in the abdominal region" |
| ~ foot, human foot, pes | the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint.; "his bare feet projected from his trousers"; "armored from head to foot" |
| ~ ball | a more or less rounded anatomical body or mass.; "the ball at the base of the thumb"; "he stood on the balls of his feet" |
| n. (animal) | 4. sole | right-eyed flatfish; many are valued as food; most common in warm seas especially European. |
| ~ food fish | any fish used for food by human beings. |
| ~ flatfish | any of several families of fishes having flattened bodies that swim along the sea floor on one side of the body with both eyes on the upper side. |
| ~ family soleidae, soleidae | soles. |
| ~ european sole, solea solea | highly valued as food. |
| ~ solea lascaris, lemon sole | small European sole. |
| ~ parophrys vitulus, english sole, lemon sole | popular pale brown food flatfish of the Pacific coast of North America. |
| ~ psettichthys melanostichus, sand sole | a common flatfish of the Pacific coast of North America. |
| ~ hogchoker, trinectes maculatus | useless as food; in coastal streams from Maine to Texas and Panama. |
| ~ fillet of sole, sole | lean flesh of any of several flatfish. |
| v. (change) | 5. resole, sole | put a new sole on.; "sole the shoes" |
| ~ bushel, fix, furbish up, mend, repair, doctor, touch on, restore | restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken.; "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please" |
| adj. | 6. exclusive, sole | not divided or shared with others.; "they have exclusive use of the machine"; "sole rights of publication" |
| ~ unshared | not shared. |
| adj. | 7. lone, lonesome, only, sole, solitary | being the only one; single and isolated from others.; "the lone doctor in the entire county"; "a lonesome pine"; "an only child"; "the sole heir"; "the sole example"; "a solitary instance of cowardice"; "a solitary speck in the sky" |
| ~ single | existing alone or consisting of one entity or part or aspect or individual.; "upon the hill stood a single tower"; "had but a single thought which was to escape"; "a single survivor"; "a single serving"; "a single lens"; "a single thickness" |
| dali | | |
| n. (person) | 1. dali, salvador dali | surrealist Spanish painter (1904-1989). |
| ~ painter | an artist who paints. |
| quick | | |
| n. (body) | 1. quick | any area of the body that is highly sensitive to pain (as the flesh underneath the skin or a fingernail or toenail). |
| ~ region, area | a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve.; "in the abdominal region" |
| adj. | 2. quick, speedy | accomplished rapidly and without delay.; "was quick to make friends"; "his quick reaction prevented an accident"; "hoped for a speedy resolution of the problem"; "a speedy recovery"; "he has a right to a speedy trial" |
| ~ fast | acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly.; "fast film"; "on the fast track in school"; "set a fast pace"; "a fast car" |
| adj. | 3. fast, flying, quick | hurried and brief.; "paid a flying visit"; "took a flying glance at the book"; "a quick inspection"; "a fast visit" |
| ~ hurried | moving rapidly or performed quickly or in great haste.; "a hurried trip to the store"; "the hurried life of a city"; "a hurried job" |
| adj. | 4. agile, nimble, quick, spry | moving quickly and lightly.; "sleek and agile as a gymnast"; "as nimble as a deer"; "nimble fingers"; "quick of foot"; "the old dog was so spry it was halfway up the stairs before we could stop it" |
| ~ active | characterized by energetic activity.; "an active toddler"; "active as a gazelle"; "an active man is a man of action" |
| adj. | 5. quick, ready | apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity.; "a quick mind"; "a ready wit" |
| ~ intelligent | having the capacity for thought and reason especially to a high degree.; "is there intelligent life in the universe?"; "an intelligent question" |
| adj. | 6. immediate, prompt, quick, straightaway | performed with little or no delay.; "an immediate reply to my letter"; "a prompt reply"; "was quick to respond"; "a straightaway denial" |
| ~ fast | acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly.; "fast film"; "on the fast track in school"; "set a fast pace"; "a fast car" |
| adj. | 7. quick, warm | easily aroused or excited.; "a quick temper"; "a warm temper" |
| ~ excitable | easily excited. |
| adv. | 8. promptly, quick, quickly | with little or no delay.; "the rescue squad arrived promptly"; "come here, quick!" |
| faster | | |
| adv. | 1. faster, quicker | more quickly. |
| hurry | | |
| n. (state) | 1. haste, hurry | a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry.; "in a hurry to lock the door" |
| ~ urgency | the state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity. |
| n. (attribute) | 2. haste, hastiness, hurriedness, hurry, precipitation | overly eager speed (and possible carelessness).; "he soon regretted his haste" |
| ~ fastness, swiftness, speed | a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens.; "the project advanced with gratifying speed" |
| ~ precipitance, precipitancy, precipitateness, suddenness, precipitousness, abruptness | the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning. |
| v. (motion) | 3. hurry, speed, travel rapidly, zip | move very fast.; "The runner zipped past us at breakneck speed" |
| ~ go, locomote, move, travel | change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically.; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" |
| ~ dart, fleet, flit, flutter | move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart.; "The hummingbird flitted among the branches" |
| ~ run | move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time.; "Don't run--you'll be out of breath"; "The children ran to the store" |
| ~ whizz along, zoom, zoom along, whizz | move along very quickly. |
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