RUSH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Rush mean? 

• RUSH (noun)
  The noun RUSH has 7 senses:

1. the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner

2. a sudden forceful flow

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)

5. the swift release of a store of affective force

6. a sudden burst of activity

7. (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running into the line

  Familiarity information: RUSH used as a noun is common.

• RUSH (adjective)
  The adjective RUSH has 2 senses:

1. not accepting reservations

2. done under pressure

  Familiarity information: RUSH used as an adjective is rare.

• RUSH (verb)
  The verb RUSH has 7 senses:

1. move hurridly

2. attack suddenly

3. urge to an unnatural speed

4. act or move at high speed

5. run with the ball, in football

6. cause to move fast or to rush or race

7. cause to occur rapidly

  Familiarity information: RUSH used as a verb is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RUSH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

haste; hurry; rush; rushing

Context example:

in his haste to leave he forgot his book

Hypernyms ("rush" is a kind of...):

motion; move; movement (the act of changing location from one place to another)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rush"):

bolt; dash (the act of moving with great haste)

scamper; scramble; scurry (rushing about hastily in an undignified way)

Derivation:

rush (act or move at high speed)

rush (move hurridly)

rush (cause to move fast or to rush or race)

rush (urge to an unnatural speed)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A sudden forceful flow

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

rush; spate; surge; upsurge

Hypernyms ("rush" is a kind of...):

flow; flowing (the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rush"):

debris storm; debris surge (the sudden spread of dust and debris from a collapsing building)

onrush (a forceful forward rush or flow)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Grasslike plants growing in wet places and having cylindrical often hollow stems

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("rush" is a kind of...):

bog plant; marsh plant; swamp plant (a semiaquatic plant that grows in soft wet land; most are monocots: sedge, sphagnum, grasses, cattails, etc; possibly heath)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rush"):

bullrush; bulrush; common rush; Juncus effusus; soft rush (tall rush with soft erect or arching stems found in Eurasia, Australia, New Zealand, and common in North America)

jointed rush; Juncus articulatus (rush of Australia)

Juncus bufonius; toad rush (low-growing annual rush of damp low-lying ground; nearly cosmopolitan)

hard rush; Juncus inflexus (tall rush of temperate regions)

Juncus leseurii; salt rush (rush of the Pacific coast of North America)

Juncus tenuis; slender rush (tufted wiry rush of wide distribution)

Holonyms ("rush" is a member of...):

family Juncaceae; Juncaceae; rush family (tufted herbs resembling grasses: rushes)

Derivation:

rushy (abounding in rushes)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Physician and American Revolutionary leader; signer of the Declaration of Independence (1745-1813)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Benjamin Rush; Rush

Instance hypernyms:

American Revolutionary leader (a nationalist leader in the American Revolution and in the creation of the United States)

doc; doctor; Dr.; MD; medico; physician (a licensed medical practitioner)

Sense 5

Meaning:

The swift release of a store of affective force

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Synonyms:

bang; boot; charge; flush; kick; rush; thrill

Context example:

he does it for kicks

Hypernyms ("rush" is a kind of...):

excitement; exhilaration (the feeling of lively and cheerful joy)

Sense 6

Meaning:

A sudden burst of activity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Context example:

come back after the rush

Hypernyms ("rush" is a kind of...):

burst; flare-up; outburst (a sudden intense happening)

Derivation:

rush (act or move at high speed)

Sense 7

Meaning:

(American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running into the line

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

rush; rushing

Context example:

the linebackers were ready to stop a rush

Hypernyms ("rush" is a kind of...):

run; running; running game; running play ((American football) a play in which a player attempts to carry the ball through or past the opposing team)

Domain category:

American football; American football game (a game played by two teams of 11 players on a rectangular field 100 yards long; teams try to get possession of the ball and advance it across the opponents goal line in a series of (running or passing) plays)

Derivation:

rush (run with the ball, in football)

• RUSH (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Not accepting reservations

Synonyms:

first-come-first-serve; rush

Similar:

unreserved (not reserved)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Done under pressure

Synonyms:

rush; rushed

Context example:

a rush job

Similar:

hurried (moving rapidly or performed quickly or in great haste)

• RUSH (verb)

Conjugation:

Sense 1

Meaning:

Move hurridly

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

belt along; bucket along; cannonball along; hasten; hie; hotfoot; pelt along; race; rush; rush along; speed; step on it

Context example:

The cars raced down the street

Hypernyms (to "rush" is one way to...):

go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "rush"):

barge; push forward; thrust ahead (push one's way)

buck; charge; shoot; shoot down; tear (move quickly and violently)

dart; dash; flash; scoot; scud; shoot (run or move very quickly or hastily)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

Sentence example:

They rush up the hill

Antonym:

linger (take one's time; proceed slowly)

Derivation:

rush; rushing (the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Attack suddenly

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Hypernyms (to "rush" is one way to...):

assail; assault; attack; set on (attack someone physically or emotionally)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "rush"):

bear down; charge (to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Sense 3

Meaning:

Urge to an unnatural speed

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

hurry; rush

Context example:

Don't rush me, please!

Hypernyms (to "rush" is one way to...):

exhort; press; urge; urge on (force or impel in an indicated direction)

Cause:

festinate; hasten; hurry; look sharp; rush (act or move at high speed)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Antonym:

delay (cause to be slowed down or delayed)

Derivation:

rush (the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Act or move at high speed

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

festinate; hasten; hurry; look sharp; rush

Context example:

hurry--it's late!

Hypernyms (to "rush" is one way to...):

act; move (perform an action, or work out or perform (an action))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

rush (a sudden burst of activity)

rushing (the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner)

rusher (a person who rushes; someone in a hurry; someone who acts precipitously)

rush (the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Run with the ball, in football

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "rush" is one way to...):

run (move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

rush ((American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running into the line)

rusher ((football) a ball carrier who tries to gain ground by running with the ball)

rushing ((American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running into the line)

Sense 6

Meaning:

Cause to move fast or to rush or race

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

race; rush

Context example:

The psychologist raced the rats through a long maze

Hypernyms (to "rush" is one way to...):

displace; move (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Sentence example:

They rush the car down the avenue

Derivation:

rush (the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner)

Sense 7

Meaning:

Cause to occur rapidly

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

hasten; induce; rush; stimulate

Context example:

the infection precipitated a high fever and allergic reactions

Hypernyms (to "rush" is one way to...):

effect; effectuate; set up (produce)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

 Context examples 

"There, you mistake," he had rushed on.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

His forgotten cubhood, all that was associated with that familiar snarl, rushed back to him.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

The foot upon the stairs came nearer—nearer—passed her as she went down—rushed into the room!

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Buck rushed at the splintering wood, sinking his teeth into it, surging and wrestling with it.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

He might have spoken, but I did not hear; one hand was stretched out, seemingly to detain me, but I escaped and rushed downstairs.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

Something rushed swiftly by her, and Laurie's voice cried out...

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

From every side men, women, and children were rushing wildly for shelter, swarming up the staircases and into the caves in a mad stampede.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Then they began to run, rushed into the parlour, and threw themselves round their father’s neck.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

Despite the force of Saturn and Pluto, you have another planet rushing in to make sure things go well for you, and it’s Neptune, your ruling planet.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

When he had fallen I rushed from the room, chose the wrong door, and found myself in my husband’s room.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)