rush : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: rush	by the DICT Development Group
8 results for rush
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rush adj not accepting reservations [syn: {first-come-first- serve(p)}, rush] done under pressure; "a rush job" Synonym(s): rush(a), rushed n the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner; "in his haste to leave he forgot his book" Synonym(s): haste, hurry, rush, rushing a sudden forceful flow Synonym(s): rush, spate, surge, upsurge grasslike plants growing in wet places and having cylindrical often hollow stems physician and American Revolutionary leader; signer of the Declaration of Independence (1745-1813) Synonym(s): Rush, Benjamin Rush 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" Synonym(s): bang, boot, charge, rush, flush, thrill, kick a sudden burst of activity; "come back after the rush" (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running into the line; "the linebackers were ready to stop a rush" Synonym(s): rush, rushing v move fast; "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests"; "The cars raced down the street" Synonym(s): rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along, step on it Antonym(s): dawdle, linger attack suddenly urge to an unnatural speed; "Don't rush me, please!" Synonym(s): rush, hurry Antonym(s): delay, detain, hold up act or move at high speed; "We have to rush!"; "hurry--it's late!" Synonym(s): rush, hasten, hurry, look sharp, festinate run with the ball, in football cause to move fast or to rush or race; "The psychologist raced the rats through a long maze" Synonym(s): race, rush cause to occur rapidly; "the infection precipitated a high fever and allergic reactions" Synonym(s): induce, stimulate, rush, hasten
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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[94]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[d2]nanthus}), used in Oriental medical practice. {Wood rush}, any plant of the genus {Luzula}, which differs in some technical characters from {Juncus}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rush \Rush\ (r[ucr]sh), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Rushed} (r[ucr]sht); p. pr. & vb. n. {Rushing}.] [OE. ruschen; cf. AS. hryscan to make a noise, D. ruischen to rustle, G. rauschen, MHG. r[umac]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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Rush, CO Zip code(s): 80833 Rush, KY Zip code(s): 41168
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
RUSH 1. An interactive dialect of {PL/I}, related to {CPS}, dated about 1966. The name is the abbreviation of "Remote Use of Shared Hardware". ["Introduction to RUSH", Allen-Babcock Computing 1969. Sammet 1969, p.309.] 2. A {high-level language} that closely resembles {Tcl} but aimed to provide substantially faster execution. See {An Introduction to the Rush Language (ftp://ginsberg.cs.berkeley.edu/pub/papers/asah/rush-tcl94.ps.gz)}. by Adam Sah, Jon Blow, and Brian Dennis (1994). (1996-12-17)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Rush the papyrus (Job 8:11). (See {BULRUSH}.) The expression "branch and rush" in Isa. 9:14; 19:15 means "utterly."