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hurry
v. hur·ried, hur·ry·ing, hur·ries

v.intr. To move or act with speed or haste.

v.tr.
1. To cause to move or act with speed or haste: hurried the children to school.

2. To cause to move or act with undue haste; rush: was hurried into marriage.

3. To speed the progress or completion of; expedite. See Synonyms at speed.

n. pl. hur·ries

1. The act or an instance of hurrying; hastened progress.

2. Activity or motion that is often unduly hurried; haste. See Synonyms at haste.

3. The need or wish to hurry; a condition of urgency: in no hurry to leave.

[Possibly Middle English horien, perhaps variant of harien, to harass; see harry.]

hurri·er n.

“God did not create hurry” Finnish Proverb

Verb

[-ries, -rying, -ried]

1. hurry - to move or act or cause to move or act in great haste: the umpires hurried the players off the ground

2. hurry - to speed up the completion or progress of: eat a small snack rather than hurry a main meal

Noun

1. haste

2. urgency or eagerness

3. in a hurry Informal

a. easily: striking old guy, not the sort you'd forget in a hurry

b. willingly: he would not ease interest rates again in a hurry [probably imitative]

Collins Essential English Dictionary 2nd Edition 2006 © HarperCollins Publishers 2004, 2006

“Flowers do not force their way with great strife. Flowers open to perfection slowly in the sun.... Don't be in a hurry about spiritual matters. Go step by step, and be very sure.” White Eagle

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	hurry - a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry; "in a hurry to lock the door" hurry - the state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity
	2.	hurry - overly eager speed (and possible carelessness); "he soon regretted his haste" hurry - a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens; "the project advanced with gratifying speed" ,- the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning
	3.	hurry - the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner; "in his haste to leave he forgot his book" hurry - 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" hurry - the act of moving with great haste; "he made a dash for the door" hurry - rushing about hastily in an undignified way
Verb	1.	hurry - move very fast; "The runner zipped past us at breakneck speed" hurry - 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" hurry - move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart; "The hummingbird flitted among the branches" hurry - 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" hurry - move along very quickly
	2.	hurry - act or move at high speed; "We have to rush!"; "hurry--it's late!" hurry - 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"
	3.	hurry - urge to an unnatural speed; "Don't rush me, please!" force or impel in an indicated direction; "I urged him to finish his studies"

“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.” Lao Tzu quotes

haste

1. Rapidity of action or motion.

2. Overeagerness to act.

3. Rash or headlong action; precipitateness.

intr. & tr.v. hast·ed, hast·ing, hastes

To hasten or cause to hasten.

Idiom:

make haste

To move or act swiftly; hurry.

[Middle English, from Old French, of Germanic origin.]

Synonyms: haste, celerity, dispatch, expedition, hurry, speed
These nouns denote rapidity or promptness of movement or activity: left the room in haste; a legal system not known for celerity; advanced with all possible dispatch; cleaned up with remarkable expedition; worked without hurry; driving with excessive speed.

Antonym: deliberation

“Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.” Winnie the Pooh

haste

Noun

1. speed, esp. in an action

2. the act of hurrying in a careless manner

3. make haste to hurry or rush

Verb

[hasting, hasted]

Poetic to hasten [Old French]

“One of the great disadvantages of hurry is that it takes such a long time.” G. K. Chesterton

Thesarus

Noun	1.	haste - overly eager speed (and possible carelessness); "he soon regretted his haste" - a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens; "the project advanced with gratifying speed" ,- the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning
	2.	haste - the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner; "in his haste to leave he forgot his book" - 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" - the act of moving with great haste; "he made a dash for the door" - rushing about hastily in an undignified way
	3.	haste - a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry; "in a hurry to lock the door" - the state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity

“Never be in a hurry; do everything quietly and in a calm spirit. Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset.” St. Francis de Sale

“This strange disease of modern life, with its sick hurry, its divided aims.” Matthew Arnold

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