Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - hurry
Hurry
hurry
n. & v. --n. (pl. -ies) 1 a great haste. b (with neg. or interrog.) a need for haste (there is no hurry; what's the hurry?). 2 (often foll. by for, or to + infin.) eagerness to get a thing done quickly. --v. (-ies, -ied) 1 move or act with great or undue haste. 2 tr. (often foll. by away, along) cause to move or proceed in this way. 3 tr. (as hurried adj.) hasty; done rapidly owing to lack of time. Phrases and idioms hurry along (or up) make or cause to make haste. in a hurry 1 hurrying, rushed; in a rushed manner. 2 colloq. easily or readily (you will not beat that in a hurry; shall not ask again in a hurry). Derivatives hurriedly adv. hurriedness n. Etymology: 16th c.: imit.
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I. verb (hurried; ~ing) Etymology: perhaps from Middle English horyen Date: 1592 transitive verb 1. to carry or cause to go with haste , to impel to rash or precipitate action, 2. to impel to greater speed ; prod , expedite, to perform with undue haste , intransitive verb to move or act with haste , hurrier noun II. noun Date: 1600 disturbed or disorderly activity ; commotion, 2. agitated and often bustling or disorderly haste, a state of eagerness or urgency ; rush, see: haste ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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