Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive & transitive verb To go quickly; hasten.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Haste; speed.
- To hasten; go in haste: often with a reciprocal pronoun.
- To incite to action or haste; instigate; urge: with on.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb Rare, except in poetry To hasten; to go in haste; -- also often with the reciprocal pronoun.
- noun obsolete Haste; diligence.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb intransitive To
hasten ; to go quickly, tohurry . - verb reflexive To
hurry (oneself). - noun
Haste ;diligence .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb move fast
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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I bet Jim Crow is flipping over in hie miserable grave.
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I must thank "hie" for putting together such a great music video ..
Anime Nano! 2009
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However Dick Chney should keep hie opinion to himself.
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We hie past looney bushes, succulents and desert annuals, blooming after the rains.
Richard Bangs: Following Brad and Angelina to Namibia, Part I Richard Bangs 2011
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Interesting that the Beavers 'attendance is so pitiful with their departure so clearly on the horizon ... the so-called bereaved don't seem bereaved enough to hie themselves out to the park to catch one of the last Portland Beavers' games ever.
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How anyone can possibly forget how Humphrey Bogart-soundalike good wizard Avatar manages to overcome hie evil twin brother Blackwolf is beyond me though.
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We hie past looney bushes, succulents and desert annuals, blooming after the rains.
Richard Bangs: Following Brad and Angelina to Namibia, Part I Richard Bangs 2011
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And so tomorrow, with a clean conscience, I shall hie me to see the new Star Trek film, get some housework done, take care of a few urgent chores on Friday, then return with a vengeance Saturday to the Clone Wars #4 rewrite.
Yeeeeesssss!!!!!!! karenmiller 2009
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Anyone who thinks ill of that can hie off to Hades.
Secret History of Elizabeth Tudor, Vampire Slayer Lucy Weston 2011
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Then hie thee to the Chinese embassy and ask for a passport application!
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