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hurry
English
Etymology
From Middle English horien (“to rush, impel”), probably a variation of hurren (“to vibrate rapidly, buzz”), from Proto-Germanic *hurzan? (“to rush”) (compare Middle High German hurren (“to hasten”), Norwegian hurre (“to whirl around”)), from Proto-Indo-European *?ers- (“to run”) (compare Latin curr? (“I run”), Tocharian A kursär/Tocharian B kwärsar (“league; course”)). Related to hurr, horse, rush.
Alternative etymology derives hurry as a variant of harry, which see.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?h??.i/
- (US) IPA(key): /?h??.i/ (accents without the "Hurry-furry" merger)
- (US) IPA(key): [?h?.i] (accents with the "Hurry-furry" merger)
- Rhymes: -?ri
Noun
hurry (countable and uncountable, plural hurries)
- Rushed action.
- Urgency.
- (American football) an incidence of a defensive player forcing the quarterback to act faster than the quarterback was prepared to, resulting in a failed offensive play.
- (music) A tremolando passage for violins, etc., accompanying an exciting situation.
Derived terms
- in a hurry
Translations
Verb
hurry (third-person singular simple present hurries, present participle hurrying, simple past and past participle hurried)
- (intransitive) To do things quickly.
- (intransitive) Often with up, to speed up the rate of doing something.
- (transitive) To cause to be done quickly.
- (transitive) To hasten; to impel to greater speed; to urge on.
- the rapid Stream presently draws him in , carries him away , and hurries him down violently.
- (transitive) To impel to precipitate or thoughtless action; to urge to confused or irregular activity.
- (mining) To put: to convey coal in the mine, e.g. from the working to the tramway.
- 1842, The Condition and Treatment of the Children Employed in the Mines, page 45:
- Elizabeth Day, aged seventeen […] "I have been nearly nine years in the pit. I trapped for two years when I first went, and have hurried ever since. I have hurried for my father until a year ago. I have to help to riddle and fill, […]
- 1842, The Condition and Treatment of the Children Employed in the Mines, page 45:
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:rush
Translations
See also
- haste
- hurry up
- di di mau
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travel
English
Alternative forms
- travail (obsolete)
- travell (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English travelen (“to make a laborious journey, travel”) from Middle Scots travailen (“to toil, work, travel”), alteration of Middle English travaillen (“to toil, work”), from Old French travailler (“to trouble, suffer, be worn out”). See travail.
Displaced native Middle English faren (“to travel, fare”) (from Old English faran (“to travel, journey”)), Middle English lithen (“to go, travel”) (from Old English l?þan (“to go, travel”)), Middle English feren (“to go, travel”) (from Old English f?ran (“to go, travel”)), Middle English ?ewalken, iwalken (“to walk about, travel”) (from Old English ?ewealcan (“to go, traverse”)), Middle English swinken (“to work, travel”) (from Old English swincan (“to labour, work at”)). More at fare.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?t?æv?l/
- Rhymes: -æv?l
Verb
travel (third-person singular simple present travels, present participle travelling or (US) traveling, simple past and past participle travelled or (US) traveled)
- (intransitive) To be on a journey, often for pleasure or business and with luggage; to go from one place to another.
- (intransitive) To pass from one place to another; to move or transmit
- (intransitive, basketball) To move illegally by walking or running without dribbling the ball.
- (transitive) To travel throughout (a place).
- (transitive) To force to journey.
- (obsolete) To labour; to travail.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Hooker to this entry?)
Conjugation
Synonyms
- fare, journey, reyse
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
travel (countable and uncountable, plural travels)
- The act of traveling; passage from place to place.
- (in the plural) A series of journeys.
- (in the plural) An account of one's travels.
- The activity or traffic along a route or through a given point.
- The working motion of a piece of machinery; the length of a mechanical stroke.
- (obsolete) Labour; parturition; travail.
Usage notes
- Used attributively to describe things that have been created or modified for use during a journey.
Synonyms
- (act of travelling): journey, passage, tour, trip, voyage
- (activity or traffic along a route or through a given point): traffic
- (working motion of a piece of machinery): stroke, movement, progression
Derived terms
Translations
Further reading
- travel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
- travel in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- travel in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- retval, varlet
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Possibly from French travail; compare with Danish travl.
Adjective
travel (neuter singular travelt, definite singular and plural travle, comparative travlere, indefinite superlative travlest, definite superlative travleste)
- busy
References
- “travel” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Possibly from French travail; compare with Danish travl.
Adjective
travel (neuter singular travelt, definite singular and plural travle, comparative travlare, indefinite superlative travlast, definite superlative travlaste)
- busy
References
- “travel” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From traväl.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?træ????/
Noun
travel
- A jumble of tracks, footprints.
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