Hie HIE, v.i. 1. To hasten; to move or run with haste; to go in
haste; a word chiefly used in poetry. The youth, returning to his
mistress, hies. 2. With the reciprocal pronoun; as, hie thee home. HIE, n. Haste; diligence.
hie verb (hied; hyingorhieing)
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hīgian to strive,
hasten Date: 12th century intransitive verb
to go quickly ;hastentransitive verb
to cause (oneself) to go quickly
hie v.intr. & refl. (hies, hied, hieing or hying) archaic or poet. go quickly (hie to your chamber; hied him to the chase). Etymology: OE higian strive, pant, of unkn. orig.
hie
haɪ v.intr. & refl. (hies, hied, hieing or hying) archaic or
poet. go quickly (hie to your chamber; hied him to the chase). [OE higian
strive, pant, of unkn. orig.]
Hie \Hie\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hied; p. pr. & vb. n. Hying.]
[OE. hien, hihen, highen, AS. higian to hasten, strive; cf.
L. ciere to put in motion, call upon, rouse, Gr. ? to go, E.
cite.]
To hasten; to go in haste; -- also often with the reciprocal
pronoun. [Rare, except in poetry] ``My husband hies him
home.'' --Shak.
The youth, returning to his mistress, hies. --Dryden.
100 Moby Thesaurus words for "hie":
accelerate, bolt, bundle, bustle, career, cheer on, commute,
course, cover ground, crowd, dart, dash, dispatch, drive on,
egg on, expedite, fare, fare forth, fetch, fling, flit, flow,
forward, gang, go, go along, go to, goad on, haste, hasten,
hasten on, hie on, hie to, hound on, hump, hump it, hurry,
hurry along, hurry on, hurry up, hurtle, hustle, hustle up,
journey, make haste, make the scene, move, move along, move on,
pass, post, precipitate, press, proceed, process, progress, push,
push on, push through, quicken, race, railroad through, repair,
repair to, resort to, roll, roll on, root on, run, rush,
rush along, sashay, scamper, scoot, scour, scramble, scud, scurry,
scuttle, shoot, skedaddle, speed, speed along, speed on, speed up,
spur, spur on, stampede, step on it, stream, tear, travel, urge,
urge on, visit, wayfare, wend, whip, whip along, whip on
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