different between hasten vs hump

English

Etymology

Originally intransitive, from haste +? -en (verbal suffix).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?he?.s?n/
• Rhymes: -e?s?n

Verb

hasten (third-person singular simple present hastens, present participle hastening, simple past and past participle hastened)

1. (intransitive) To move or act in a quick fashion.
2. (transitive) To make someone speed up or make something happen quicker.

   • I would hasten my escape from the windy storm.

   • c. 1599-1601, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act III scene ii^[1]:

     Hamlet:

     Bid the players make haste.

     Will you two help to hasten them?

3. (transitive) To cause some scheduled event to happen earlier.

Synonyms

• (move in a quick fashion): dart, race; see also Thesaurus:move quickly
• (speed up): accelerate, quicken, speed up; see also Thesaurus:speed up
• (cause a scheduled event to happen earlier): hurry, rush, zoom; see also Thesaurus:rush

Derived terms

• hastener

Related terms

• haste

Translations

Anagrams

• Athens, snathe, sneath, thanes

Basque

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): /(?)as?.ten/

Verb

hasten

1. Present participle of hasi.

Danish

Noun

hasten c

1. definite singular of hast

Finnish

Alternative forms

• hapsien

Noun

hasten

1. Genitive plural form of hapsi.

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?hastn?]
• Hyphenation: has?ten
• Homophone: hassten

Verb

hasten (weak, third-person singular present hastet, past tense hastete, past participle gehastet, auxiliary sein)

1. to hurry, to rush

Conjugation

Synonyms

• eilen
• rennen
• stürmen

Antonyms

• trödeln
• trotten

Derived terms

• hastend
• hastig
• herbeihasten
• forthasten

See also

• beschleunigen
• herbeieilen
• vorauseilen
• forteilen
• laufen

Further reading

• “hasten” in Duden online

Swedish

Noun

hasten

1. definite singular of hast

English

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Dutch homp (“hump, lump”) or Middle Low German hump (“heap, hill, stump”), from Old Saxon *hump (“hill, heap, thick piece”), from Proto-Germanic *humpaz (“hip, height”), from Proto-Indo-European *kumb- (“curved”).

Pronunciation

• (Canada, UK) IPA^(key): /h?mp/
• Rhymes: -?mp

Noun

hump (plural humps)

1. A mound of earth.
2. A speed hump.
3. A deformity in humans caused by abnormal curvature of the upper spine.
4. (animals) A rounded fleshy mass, such as on a camel or zebu.
5. (slang) An act of sexual intercourse.
6. (Britain, slang, with definite article) A bad mood.

   She's got the hump with me.

   Go away! You're giving me the right hump.

7. (slang) A painfully boorish person.

   That guy is such a hump!

8. A wave that forms in front of an operating hovercraft and impedes progress at low speeds.

Synonyms

• (abnormal deformity of the spine): gibbous, humpback, hunch, hunchback

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

hump (third-person singular simple present humps, present participle humping, simple past and past participle humped)

1. (transitive) To bend something into a hump.
2. (transitive, intransitive) To carry (something), especially with some exertion.
3. to rhythmically thrust the pelvis in a manner conducive to sexual intercourse
   1. (transitive, intransitive) To dry-hump.

   2. (transitive, intransitive) To have sex (with).
4. (US, slang, dated) To prepare for a great exertion; to put forth effort.
5. (slang, dated) To vex or annoy.
6. (rail transport) To shunt wagons / freight cars over the hump in a hump yard.

Synonyms

• (to carry): heft, shoulder, tote; see also Thesaurus:carry
• (to go on foot): hike, trek, walk; see also Thesaurus:walk
• (to have sex): bang, bone, ride, shag; see also Thesaurus:copulate or Thesaurus:copulate with
• (to vex): bother, irk, rile; see also Thesaurus:annoy

Derived terms

• dry-hump
• hump it

Translations

Anagrams

• phum, umph

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Possibly related to Low German humpel, compare with English hump.

Noun

hump m (definite singular humpen, indefinite plural humper, definite plural humpene)

1. a bump or hump (e.g. in a road)

Derived terms

• fartshump

References

• “hump” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Possibly related to Low German humpel, compare with English hump.

Noun

hump m (definite singular humpen, indefinite plural humpar, definite plural humpane)

1. a bump or hump (e.g. in a road)

Derived terms

• fartshump

References

• “hump” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.