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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RUSH, n. [Heb. usually rendered sea-weed, and applied to the Arabic gulf, Deu
1:1 Num
21:14. This correspondence deserves notice, as illustrating certain passages in the Scriptures.]
1. A plant of the genus Juncus of many species. The pith of the rush is used in some places for wicks to lamps and rush lights.
2. Any thing proverbially worthless or of trivial value.
John Bull's friendship is not worth a rush.
RUSH, v.i.
1. To move or drive forward with impetuosity, violence and tumultuous rapidity; as, armies rush to battle; waters rush down a precipice; winds rush through the forest. We ought never to rush into company, much less into a religious assembly.
2. To enter with undue eagerness, or without due deliberation and preparation; as, to rush into business or speculation; to rush into the ministry.
RUSH, v.t. To push forward with violence. [Not used.]
RUSH, n. A driving forward with eagerness and haste; a violent motion or course; as a rush of troops; a rush of winds.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: not accepting reservations [syn: first-come-first- serve, rush]
2: done under pressure; "a rush job" [syn: rush, rushed] n
1: the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner; "in his haste to leave he forgot his book" [syn: haste, hurry, rush, rushing]
2: a sudden forceful flow [syn: rush, spate, surge, upsurge]
3: grasslike plants growing in wet places and having cylindrical often hollow stems
4: physician and American Revolutionary leader; signer of the Declaration of Independence (1745-1813) [syn: Rush, Benjamin Rush]
5: 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" [syn: bang, boot, charge, rush, flush, thrill, kick]
6: a sudden burst of activity; "come back after the rush"
7: (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running into the line; "the linebackers were ready to stop a rush" [syn: rush, rushing] v
1: move fast; "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests"; "The cars raced down the street" [syn: rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along, step on it] [ant: dawdle, linger]
2: attack suddenly
3: urge to an unnatural speed; "Don't rush me, please!" [syn: rush, hurry] [ant: delay, detain, hold up]
4: act or move at high speed; "We have to rush!"; "hurry--it's late!" [syn: rush, hasten, hurry, look sharp, festinate]
5: run with the ball, in football
6: cause to move fast or to rush or race; "The psychologist raced the rats through a long maze" [syn: race, rush]
7: cause to occur rapidly; "the infection precipitated a high fever and allergic reactions" [syn: induce, stimulate, rush, hasten]

Merriam Webster's

I. biographical name Benjamin 1745-1813 American physician & patriot II. biographical name Richard 1780-1859 son of preceding American diplomat & statesman

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English rysc; akin to Middle High German rusch rush, Lithuanian regzti to knit Date: before 12th century any of various monocotyledonous often tufted marsh plants (as of the genera Juncus and Luzula of the family Juncaceae, the rush family) with cylindrical often hollow stems which are used in bottoming chairs and plaiting mats • rushy adjective II. verb Etymology: Middle English russhen, from Anglo-French reuser, ruser, russher to drive back, repulse, from Latin recusare to oppose — more at recusant Date: 14th century intransitive verb 1. to move forward, progress, or act with haste or eagerness or without preparation 2. to advance a football by running plays <rushed for a total of 150 yards> transitive verb 1. to push or impel on or forward with speed, impetuosity, or violence 2. to perform in a short time or at high speed 3. to urge to an unnatural or extreme speed <don't rush me> 4. to run toward or against in attack ; charge 5. a. to carry (a ball) forward in a running play b. to move in quickly on (a kicker or passer) to hinder, prevent, or block a kick or pass — used especially of defensive linemen 6. a. to lavish attention on ; court b. to try to secure a pledge of membership (as in a fraternity) from III. noun Date: 14th century 1. a. a violent forward motion b. attack, onset c. a surging of emotion 2. a. a burst of activity, productivity, or speed b. a sudden insistent demand 3. a thronging of people usually to a new place in search of wealth <a gold rush> 4. a. the act of carrying a football during a game ; running play b. the action or an instance of rushing a passer or kicker in football <a pass rush> 5. a. a round of attention usually involving extensive social activity b. a drive by a fraternity or sorority to recruit new members 6. a print of a motion-picture scene processed directly after the shooting for review by the director or producer — usually used in plural 7. a. the immediate pleasurable feeling produced by a drug (as heroin or amphetamine) — called also flash b. a sudden feeling of intense pleasure or euphoria ; thrill IV. adjective Date: 1879 requiring or marked by special speed or urgency <rush orders> <the rush season> <a rush job>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. v. & n. --v. 1 intr. go, move, or act precipitately or with great speed. 2 tr. move or transport with great haste (was rushed to hospital). 3 intr. (foll. by at) a move suddenly and quickly towards. b begin impetuously. 4 tr. perform or deal with hurriedly (don't rush your dinner; the bill was rushed through Parliament). 5 tr. force (a person) to act hastily. 6 tr. attack or capture by sudden assault. 7 tr. sl. overcharge (a customer). 8 tr. US pay attentions to (a person) with a view to securing acceptance of a proposal. 9 tr. pass (an obstacle) with a rapid dash. 10 intr. flow, fall, spread, or roll impetuously or fast (felt the blood rush to my face; the river rushes past). --n. 1 an act of rushing; a violent advance or attack. 2 a period of great activity. 3 (attrib.) done with great haste or speed (a rush job). 4 a sudden migration of large numbers. 5 (foll. by on, for) a sudden strong demand for a commodity. 6 (in pl.) colloq. the first prints of a film after a period of shooting. 7 Football a a combined dash by several players with the ball. b US the act of carrying the ball. Phrases and idioms: rush one's fences act with undue haste. rush hour a time each day when traffic is at its heaviest. Derivatives: rusher n. rushingly adv. Etymology: ME f. AF russher, = OF ruser, russer: see RUSE 2. n. 1 a any marsh or waterside plant of the family Juncaceae, with naked slender tapering pith-filled stems (properly leaves) formerly used for strewing floors and still used for making chair-bottoms and plaiting baskets etc. b a stem of this. c (collect.) rushes as a material. 2 archaic a thing of no value (not worth a rush). Phrases and idioms: rush candle a candle made by dipping the pith of a rush in tallow. Derivatives: rushlike adv. rushy adj. Etymology: OE rysc, rysce, corresp. to MLG, MHG rusch

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Rush Rush, n. [OE. rusche, rische, resche, AS. risce, akin to LG. rusk, risch, D. & G. rusch; all probably fr. L. ruscum butcher's broom; akin to Goth. raus reed, G. rohr.] 1. (Bot.) A name given to many aquatic or marsh-growing endogenous plants with soft, slender stems, as the species of Juncus and Scirpus. Note: Some species are used in bottoming chairs and plaiting mats, and the pith is used in some places for wicks to lamps and rushlights. 2. The merest trifle; a straw. John Bull's friendship is not worth a rush. --Arbuthnot. Bog rush. See under Bog. Club rush, any rush of the genus Scirpus. Flowering rush. See under Flowering. Nut rush (a) Any plant of the genus Scleria, rushlike plants with hard nutlike fruits. (b) A name for several species of Cyperus having tuberous roots. Rush broom, an Australian leguminous plant (Viminaria denudata), having long, slender branches. Also, the Spanish broom. See under Spanish. Rush candle, See under Candle. Rush grass, any grass of the genus Vilfa, grasses with wiry stems and one-flowered spikelets. Rush toad (Zo["o]l.), the natterjack. Scouring rush. (Bot.) Same as Dutch rush, under Dutch. Spike rush, any rushlike plant of the genus Eleocharis, in which the flowers grow in dense spikes. Sweet rush, a sweet-scented grass of Arabia, etc. (Andropogon sch[oe]nanthus), used in Oriental medical practice. Wood rush, any plant of the genus Luzula, which differs in some technical characters from Juncus.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Rush Rush (r[u^]sh), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rushed (r[u^]sht); p. pr. & vb. n. Rushing.] [OE. ruschen; cf. AS. hryscan to make a noise, D. ruischen to rustle, G. rauschen, MHG. r[=u]schen to rush, to rustle, LG. rusken, OSw. ruska, Icel. & Sw. ruska to shake, Dan. ruske to shake, and E. rouse.] 1. To move forward with impetuosity, violence, and tumultuous rapidity or haste; as, armies rush to battle; waters rush down a precipice. Like to an entered tide, they all rush by. --Shak. 2. To enter into something with undue haste and eagerness, or without due deliberation and preparation; as, to rush business or speculation. They . . . never think it to be a part of religion to rush into the office of princes and ministers. --Sprat.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Rush Rush, v. t. 1. To push or urge forward with impetuosity or violence; to hurry forward. 2. To recite (a lesson) or pass (an examination) without an error. [College Cant, U.S.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Rush Rush, n. 1. A moving forward with rapidity and force or eagerness; a violent motion or course; as, a rush of troops; a rush of winds; a rush of water. A gentleman of his train spurred up his horse, and, with a violent rush, severed him from the duke. --Sir H. Wotton. 2. Great activity with pressure; as, a rush of business. [Colloq.] 3. A perfect recitation. [College Cant, U.S.] 4. (Football) (a) A rusher; as, the center rush, whose place is in the center of the rush line; the end rush.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(rushes, rushing, rushed) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. If you rush somewhere, you go there quickly. A schoolgirl rushed into a burning flat to save a man's life... I've got to rush. Got a meeting in a few minutes... Shop staff rushed to get help. VERB: V prep/adv, V, V to-inf 2. If people rush to do something, they do it as soon as they can, because they are very eager to do it. Russian banks rushed to buy as many dollars as they could... VERB: V to-inf 3. A rush is a situation in which you need to go somewhere or do something very quickly. The men left in a rush... It was all rather a rush... N-SING 4. If there is a rush for something, many people suddenly try to get it or do it. Record stores are expecting a huge rush for the single. N-SING: usu N for n 5. The rush is a period of time when many people go somewhere or do something. The shop's opening coincided with the Christmas rush... N-SING: the N, oft supp N 6. If you rush something, you do it in a hurry, often too quickly and without much care. You can't rush a search... Instead of rushing at life, I wanted something more meaningful. VERB: V n, V at n • rushed The report had all the hallmarks of a rushed job. ADJ 7. If you rush someone or something to a place, you take them there quickly. We got an ambulance and rushed her to hospital... We'll rush it round today if possible. VERB: V n prep, V n with adv 8. If you rush into something or are rushed into it, you do it without thinking about it for long enough. He will not rush into any decisions... They had rushed in without adequate appreciation of the task... Ministers won't be rushed into a response... Don't rush him or he'll become confused. VERB: V into n, V in, be V-ed into n, V n • rushed At no time did I feel rushed or under pressure. ADJ: usu v-link ADJ 9. If you rush something or someone, you move quickly and forcefully at them, often in order to attack them. They rushed the entrance and forced their way in... Tom came rushing at him from another direction. VERB: V n, V at n 10. If air or liquid rushes somewhere, it flows there suddenly and quickly. Water rushes out of huge tunnels... VERB: V prep/adv • Rush is also a noun. A rush of air on my face woke me. N-COUNT: usu sing, with supp 11. If you experience a rush of a feeling, you suddenly experience it very strongly. A rush of pure affection swept over him... N-COUNT: usu sing, with supp 12. If you are rushed off your feet, you are extremely busy. (INFORMAL) We used to be rushed off our feet at lunchtimes. PHRASE: usu v-link PHR

Easton's Bible Dictionary

the papyrus (Job 8:11). (See BULRUSH.) The expression "branch and rush" in Isa. 9:14; 19:15 means "utterly."

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

(1) (gome'; papuros, "bulrushes," margin "papyrus" (Ex 2:3); "rush," margin "papyrus" (Job 8:11); "papyrus," the King James Version "rush" (Isa 18:2); "rushes" (Isa 35:7)): This is almost certainly the famous papyrus, Cyperus papyrus (Natural Order, Cyperaceae), known in Arabic as babir (whence comes our word "paper"). This plant, the finest of the sedges, flourishes plentifully in Upper Egypt; in Palestine there is a great mass of it growing in the marsh to the North of Lake Huleh, and it also occurs on the Lake of Galilee and the Jordan. Light boats of plaited papyrus have been used on the Nile from ancient times and are mentioned by many writers (compare Ex 2:3; Isa 18:2).

(2) ('aghmon, "rope," margin "Hebrew `a rope of rushes,' " the King James Version "hook" (Job 41:2): "(burning) rushes," the King James Version "caldron" (Job 41:20); "rush," the King James Version "bulrush" (Isa 58:5); "rush" in Isa 9:14; 19:15, used of the humble and lowly folk as contrasted with the "palm branch," the highest class): The word 'aghmon comes from 'agham, meaning a marsh (see POOL), being transferred from the place of the things growing there. The word doubtless includes not only the rushes--of which there are several kinds in Palestine--but also members of the sedge family, the Cyperaceae.

See also REED.

E. W. G. Masterman

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. n. 1. Straw, farthing, copper, trifle. 2. Driving on, violent course. 3. Eager demand, run. II. v. n. Career, push on, press on.

Moby Thesaurus

Brownian movement, a continental, a curse, a damn, a darn, a hoot, accelerate, ado, advance, affluence, afflux, affluxion, aftergrass, aggravated assault, aggression, air speed, amphibious attack, angular motion, armed assault, ascending, ascent, assailing, assailment, assault, attack, axial motion, backflowing, backing, backward motion, bagatelle, bamboo, bang, banzai attack, bauble, bean, belch, bibelot, bit, blackmail, blitz, blitzkrieg, boil, bolt, boot, brass farthing, break, breakthrough, bundle, burst, burst of speed, bustle, button, buzz about, call, call for, cane, canter, career, cascade, celerity, cent, cereal, cereal plant, charge, chase, claim, climbing, commotion, concourse, confluence, conflux, contribution, corn, counterattack, counteroffensive, coup de main, course, crippling attack, crosscurrent, crowd, curio, current, dart, dash, dash at, dash off, dash on, dead run, dead set at, debouchment, defluxion, demand, demand for, descending, descent, descent on, dispatch, dissiliency, diversion, diversionary attack, dogtrot, double-time, downflow, downpour, downward motion, draft, drain, drift, driftage, drive, drive on, duty, ebb, ebbing, emergency, eructation, eruption, exaction, excitement, exigent, expedite, expedition, extortion, extortionate demand, farce, farinaceous plant, farthing, fastness, feather, ferment, festinate, fig, flank attack, flank speed, flare-up, flat-out speed, fleabite, fleet, flight, fling, flit, flood, flow, flow back, flow in, flow out, flowing, fluency, flurry, flush, flutter, flux, fly, fly at, fog, folderol, font, forage grass, forced draft, forward, forward motion, forwardness, fount, fountain, fribble, frippery, frontal attack, full gallop, fuss, gallop, gas attack, gaud, get cracking, get going, get moving, gewgaw, geyser, gimcrack, go off half-cocked, grain, graminaceous plant, grass, ground speed, gush, hair, halfpenny, hand gallop, harum-scarum, haste, hasten, hasten on, hastiness, head-on attack, headlong rush, heavy demand, heavy right foot, helter-skelter, hie, hie on, high lope, high-priority, hill of beans, hump, hump it, hurriedness, hurry, hurry about, hurry along, hurry on, hurry through, hurry up, hurry-scurry, hurtle, hustle, hustle up, imposition, impost, impulse, impulsiveness, indent, infiltration, inflow, insistent demand, instantaneousness, issue, jest, jet, jog trot, joke, jollies, jump, jump off, kick, kickshaw, knickknack, knickknackery, knots, lash, lawn grass, leap, levy, lift, lightning attack, lightning speed, lightning war, lope, lose no time, make, make a fuss, make haste, mass attack, maximum speed, megadeath, miles per hour, mill run, millrace, minikin, mockery, molehill, mounting, move quickly, mugging, nonnegotiable demand, notice, oblique motion, offense, offensive, ongoing, onrush, onset, onslaught, onward course, open throttle, order, ornamental grass, outbreak, outburst, outflow, overhastiness, overkill, panzer warfare, passage, pell-mell, peppercorn, picayune, pin, pinch of snuff, pinprick, plunge, plunging, post, pother, pour, precipitance, precipitancy, precipitate, precipitateness, precipitation, precociousness, precocity, prematureness, prematurity, press, press on, progress, promptitude, promptness, push, push on, push through, quicken, quickness, quiver, race, radial motion, railroad through, random motion, rap, rapidity, rapids, red cent, reed, reflowing, refluence, reflux, regression, regurgitate, requirement, requisition, retrogression, rising, round pace, row of pins, rpm, run, run against, run at, rush about, rush along, rush around, rush at, rush of emotion, rush order, rush through, sally, scamper, scoot, scour, scramble, scud, scurry, scuttle, sensation, set, shake a leg, shit, shiver, shock tactics, shoot, shudder, sideward motion, sinking, skedaddle, snap, snappiness, sneeshing, soaring, sortie, sou, spate, speed, speed along, speed up, speediness, spew, spit, spout, spouter, spray, sprint, spritz, spurt, spurtle, squirt, stampede, step on it, sternway, storm, straw, stream, strike, subsiding, surge, surge back, surge of emotion, swift rate, swiftness, tax, taxing, tear, tear around, thrill, tide, tilt at, tingle, tingling, titillation, to-do, torrent, toy, traject, trajet, tremor, tremor of excitement, trend, tribute, trifle, trinket, triviality, trot, tuppence, turbulence, turmoil, two cents, twopence, ultimatum, undercurrent, undertow, unprovoked assault, untimeliness, upward motion, urge, urgent, velocity, volcan, warning, water flow, whim-wham, whip, whip along, whiz, whiz about, wide-open speed