rush

Everyday

1. To move or do something very fast, often too fast. tree →
2. To make someone hurry: "Don't rush me!" tree →
3. As a noun, a hurry: "I'm in a rush." tree →
4. A sudden strong movement or feeling: "a rush of water", "a rush of joy". tree →
5. A busy time: "rush hour". tree →
6. A tall grass-like plant growing near water. tree →

In the lessons

In everyday life, rush hour is when roads and trains are busiest. In safety lessons, rushing causes accidents: walk, don't run, near pools, on stairs and across roads. In maths, rushing leads to careless mistakes; check your work. In stories, characters rush to help or escape. Phrases: in a rush, rush hour, rush out, rush in, gold rush, no rush.

Examples

• Don't rush your homework. tree →
• We were in a rush this morning. tree →
• Traffic is bad at rush hour. tree →
• Water rushed into the cave. tree →
• She rushed to help her friend. tree →
• Walk, don't rush, near the pool. tree →
• There's no rush; take your time. tree →
• Ducks hid among the rushes. tree →
• Then the hungry lion rushed in. tree →

Note

Regular verb: rushed, rushing. "In a rush" = in a hurry. The "gold rush" was when many people hurried to find gold. Rushing in tests often leads to mistakes; read the question twice.

In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: In the Sefer Yetzirah the letters and their powers are pictured as living things that rush out and return, like a vision of angels in Ezekiel. In the Prophets and Writings a rush is also a tall water plant that grows in marshes, and people can rush, meaning hurry, into the Jordan. In the primary lessons: In everyday life, rush hour is when roads and trains are busiest. In safety lessons, rushing causes accidents: walk, don't run, near pools, on stairs and across roads. In maths, rushing leads to careless mistakes; check your work. In stories, characters rush to help or escape. Phrases: in a rush, rush hour, rush out, rush in, gold rush, no rush.

Examples

• The Word is in them as they rush forth and as they return, they speak as from the whirlwind, and returning fall prostrate in adoration before the Throne. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
• The Word is in them as they rush forth and as they return, they speak as from the whirl- wind, and returning fall prostrate in adoration before the Throne. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
• Can the rush shoot up without mire? (Writings JOB.8.11, JPS 1917) tree →
• And they rushed into the Jordan before the king. (Prophets 2SA.19.18, JPS 1917) tree →
• Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot and burning rushes. (Writings JOB.41.12, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Regular verb: rushed, rushing. "In a rush" = in a hurry. The "gold rush" was when many people hurried to find gold. Rushing in tests often leads to mistakes; read the question twice.