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HIE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Move hurridly

Example:

The cars raced down the street

Synonyms:

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

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "hie" 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 "hie"):

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:

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