intj
Meaning 1
A call to turn a horse to the left.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dialectal
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: hup
Standard Lemma guide
hie
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/haɪ/
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rhymes with -aɪ
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homophone: hi
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homophone: Hi
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homophone: high
verb
Meaning 2
To hasten; to go quickly, to hurry.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, poetic
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To hurry (oneself).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: poetic, reflexive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To urge (a horse) to the left with a cry of "hie".
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: hup
verb
Meaning 5
move fast
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- He rushed down the hall to receive his guests
- The cars raced down the street
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: rush, hotfoot, hasten, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along, step on it
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: travel, go, move, locomote
Narrower terms: barge, thrust ahead, push forward, tear, shoot, shoot down, charge, buck, dart, dash, scoot, scud, flash
History
Etymology
From Middle English hien, hyen, highen, heiȝen, hiȝen, from Old English hīgian (“to hie, hasten, strive”), from Proto-West Germanic *hīgōn, from Proto-Germanic *hīgōną (“to breathe, snort”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱēygh- (“swift, fierce, violent”). Cognate with Dutch hijgen (“to pant”), German heichen (“to choke, gasp for breath”), Danish hige (“to aspire, long”), Latin cieō (“set in motion, invoke, provoke”), Ancient Greek κινέω (kinéō, “move, set in motion”).
Across languages
Translations
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: nxitim — to go in haste
- Gheg Albanian: përgut — to go in haste
- Czech: spěchat — to go in haste
- Finnish: kiirehtiä — to go in haste
- Finnish: kiiruhtaa — to go in haste
- French: se hâter — to go in haste
- French: se dépêcher — to go in haste
- German: eilen — to go in haste
- Hungarian: siet — to go in haste
- Hungarian: igyekszik — to go in haste
- Italian: affrettarsi — to go in haste
- Russian: спешить (spešitʹ) — to go in haste
- Russian: торопи́ться (toropítʹsja) — to go in haste
- Spanish: apresurarse — to go in haste
- Spanish: darse prisa — to go in haste
- Albanian: nxitoj — to hurry (oneself)
- Albanian: gutem — to hurry (oneself)
- Spanish: apresurarse — to hurry (oneself)
- Spanish: darse prisa — to hurry (oneself)