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.
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The youth, returning to his mistress, hies. --Dryden.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Hie \Hie\, n.
Haste; diligence. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
hie
v : step on it; "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests";
"The cars raced down the street" [syn: rush, hotfoot,
hasten, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball
along, bucket along, belt along] [ant: linger]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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