📖 H — The English dictionary · page 10

hasten — Everyday, meaning 1: (formal) To make something happen sooner or faster.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (formal) To go or do something quickly; to hurry.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: «hasten to add/say»: quickly say something to stop a wrong idea.↗ Example: She hastened to the door.↗ · Cold weather hastened the leaves' fall.↗ · He hastened to explain that it was an accident.↗ · The storm hastened their journey home.↗ · I hasten to add that nobody was hurt.↗ · They hastened across the bridge.↗ · Hasten home to your dear mother."↗ · Then they hastened, and took down every man his sack to the ground, and opened every man his sack.↗ (Torah GEN.44.11, JPS 1917)↗ · And she said: 'Drink, my lord'; and she hastened, and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink.↗ (Torah GEN.24.18, JPS 1917)↗ · And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said: 'Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes.'↗ (Torah GEN.18.6, JPS 1917)↗ · But Thou, O LORD, be not far off; O Thou my strength, hasten to help me.↗ (Writings PSA.22.20, JPS 1917)↗ · Nobles shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall hasten to stretch out her hands unto God.↗ (Writings PSA.68.32, JPS 1917)↗ · The smallest shall become a thousand, and the least a mighty nation; I the LORD will hasten it in its time.↗ (Prophets ISA.60.22, JPS 1917)↗

hastily — Everyday, meaning 1: Quickly and without much care, as if in a hurry.↗ Example: "Oh, no!" said Beauty hastily.↗ · She hastily put on her coat and ran out.↗ · He hastily wrote the answer and gave it in.↗ · Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon.↗ (Torah GEN.41.14, JPS 1917)↗ · An estate may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.↗ (Writings PRO.20.21, JPS 1917)↗ · So the LORD left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered He them into the hand of Joshua.↗ (Prophets JDG.2.23, JPS 1917)↗ · Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.↗ (Writings PRO.25.8, JPS 1917)↗

hasty — Everyday, meaning 1: Done very quickly, sometimes too quickly, without enough care or thought.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Of a person: acting too quickly.↗ Example: We made a hasty exit when the dog barked.↗ · Don't make a hasty decision — think it over.↗ · He wrote a hasty note and ran out.↗ · She hastily hid the present behind her back.↗ · «Don't be hasty,» said the wise old owl.↗ · My hasty work was full of mistakes.↗ · My father--who is rather hasty--ordered him to be thrown downstairs.↗ · Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry; for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.↗ (Writings ECC.7.9, JPS 1917)↗ · He that is slow to anger is of great understanding; but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.↗ (Writings PRO.14.29, JPS 1917)↗ · The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but every one that is hasty hasteth only to want.↗ (Writings PRO.21.5, JPS 1917)↗

hat — Everyday, meaning 1: A hat is something you wear on your head, to keep warm, keep the sun off, or look smart.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To wear a different hat means to have a different job or role.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: «Hats off to» someone means well done to them.↗ Example: Each hat costs $8.↗ · She knitted 3 hats a week.↗ · There are 25 hats and 20 children.↗ · 6 hats were sold in the morning.↗ · Put on your sun hat before you go out to play.↗ · The magician pulled a rabbit out of his hat.↗ · We made paper party hats.↗ · The wind blew his hat into the river.↗ · Builders wear hard hats to protect their heads.↗ · They all whipped off their hats.↗ · And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him.↗ (Torah GEN.27.41, JPS 1917)↗ · The archers have dealt bitterly with him, and shot at him, and hated him; (Torah GEN.49.23, JPS 1917)↗ · And the LORD saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.↗ (Torah GEN.29.31, JPS 1917)↗ · Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest My words behind thee.↗ (Writings PSA.50.17, JPS 1917)↗ · And say: 'How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof; (Writings PRO.5.12, JPS 1917)↗ · in that thou lovest them that hate thee, and hatest them that love thee.↗ (Prophets 2SA.19.7, JPS 1917)↗

hatch — Everyday, meaning 1: To hatch is for a baby bird, reptile or fish to break out of its egg.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To hatch an egg is for the egg to open and the baby come out.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To hatch a plan is to make a secret plan.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: A hatch is a small door or opening in a floor, wall, ship or plane.↗ Example: The chick hatched out of its egg.↗ · Turtle eggs hatch in the warm sand.↗ · Three eggs hatched this morning.↗ · They hatched a plan to surprise Mum.↗ · Climb up through the hatch into the attic.↗ · The submarine's hatch closed.↗ · Don't count your chickens before they've hatched.↗ · Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.↗ · They hatch basilisks' eggs, and weave the spider's web; he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper.↗ (Prophets ISA.59.5, JPS 1917)↗ · There shall the arrowsnake make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and brood under her shadow; yea, there shall the kites be gathered, every one with her mate.↗ (Prophets ISA.34.15, JPS 1917)↗

hatchet — Everyday, meaning 1: A small axe with a short handle, used with one hand to chop wood.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (idiom) «Bury the hatchet» means to stop arguing and make peace.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (idiom) «A hatchet job» means harsh, unfair criticism that tries to damage someone.↗ Example: Dad used a hatchet to chop kindling for the campfire.↗ · In «Hatchet», a boy survives in the Canadian wilderness.↗ · After a week of arguing, the twins finally buried the hatchet.↗ · The newspaper did a hatchet job on the new mayor.↗ · Always carry a hatchet with its blade covered.↗ · The scouts learned how to use a hatchet safely.↗ · I chopped the tree down with my hatchet."↗ · And now all the carved work thereof together they strike down with hatchet and hammers.↗ (Writings PSA.74.6, JPS 1917)↗

hatchling — Everyday, meaning 1: A hatchling is a baby animal that has just come out of its egg, such as a bird, turtle, snake or crocodile.↗ Example: The turtle hatchlings raced towards the sea.↗ · We watched the chick hatchlings in the classroom incubator.↗ · A crocodile mother carries hatchlings in her mouth.↗ · The hatchling was wet and tiny.↗ · Lights on the beach confuse sea turtle hatchlings.↗ · Hatchlings need warmth to survive.↗

hate — Everyday, meaning 1: To hate means to dislike someone or something very, very strongly.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: People also say «I hate…» casually for small dislikes, like «I hate peas».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Hate (noun) is a very strong feeling of dislike.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: «I'd hate to…» means you would not like to do something, or you are sorry to say it.↗ Example: I hate getting up early on cold mornings.↗ · My brother hates broccoli.↗ · Cats usually hate getting wet.↗ · She said «I hate you», but later she said sorry.↗ · I'd hate to miss the start of the film.↗ · In the story, the two kingdoms hated each other.↗ · Love is stronger than hate.↗ · I hate it when my shoelaces come undone.↗ · He still fears and hates me.↗ · If any man take a wife, and go in unto her, and hate her, (Torah DEU.22.13, JPS 1917)↗ · And Isaac said unto them: 'Wherefore are ye come unto me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you?'↗ (Torah GEN.26.27, JPS 1917)↗ · Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thy heart; thou shalt surely rebuke thy neighbour, and not bear sin because of him.↗ (Torah LEV.19.17, JPS 1917)↗ · I hate and abhor falsehood; Thy law do I love.↗ (Writings PSA.119.163, JPS 1917)↗ · Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate Thee?↗ (Writings PSA.139.21, JPS 1917)↗ · I hate them with utmost hatred; I count them mine enemies.↗ (Writings PSA.139.22, JPS 1917)↗

hateful — Everyday, meaning 1: Very unpleasant and deserving to be hated: «a hateful thing to say».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Full of hate, showing hate towards others: «hateful messages».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (informal, old-fashioned) Horrible, nasty: «this hateful rain».↗ Example: Calling him names was a hateful thing to do.↗ · The website removes hateful comments.↗ · The villain in the play was truly hateful.↗ · She regretted her hateful words and said sorry.↗ · If you see hateful messages online, tell an adult.↗ · What a hateful, rainy day!↗ · The safeguards of virtue are hateful to those with evil intentions.↗

hater — Everyday, meaning 1: A person who hates someone or something.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (slang) Someone who is always negative, jealous or rude about other people, especially online.↗ e.g. Haters gonna hate.↗ Example: Don't listen to the haters, your video is great.↗ · Haters gonna hate, just keep dancing.↗ (slang)↗ · He is a hater of Mondays.↗ · Online haters often hide behind fake names.↗ · Being a hater won't make you feel better.↗ · She's no hater, she just didn't like the film.↗ · The haters of the LORD should dwindle away before Him; and their punishment should endure for ever.↗ (Writings PSA.81.16, JPS 1917)↗

hateth — Early Modern English, meaning 1: «hateth» means «hates», a form of «hate».↗ e.g. To hate means to dislike someone or something very, very strongly.↗ Example: Neither shalt thou set thee up a pillar, which the LORD thy God hateth.↗ (Torah DEU.16.22, JPS 1917) · And the damsel's father shall say unto the elders: 'I gave my daughter unto this man to wife, and he hateth her;↗ (Torah DEU.22.16, JPS 1917) · If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under its burden, thou shalt forbear to pass by him; thou shalt surely release it with him.↗ (Torah EXO.23.5, JPS 1917)

hatful — Everyday, meaning 1: The amount a hat can hold.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (informal) A large number: «He scored a hatful of goals.».↗ Example: She picked a hatful of strawberries.↗ · He scored a hatful of goals this season.↗ · The magician pulled a hatful of ribbons out of the hat.↗ · We collected a hatful of conkers.↗ · A hatful of water spilled on the floor.↗

hath — Early Modern English, meaning 1: has.↗ Example: Now then, whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do.'↗ (Torah GEN.31.16, JPS 1917) · ‘Because for seven years no man hath visited this place.’↗ (The Lilac Fairy Book) · He hath formed, weighed, transmuted, composed, and created with these twenty-two letters every living being, and every soul yet uncreated.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)

hatred — Everyday, meaning 1: Hatred is a very strong feeling of disliking someone or something, much stronger than ordinary dislike.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A hatred of something is a strong dislike of it: «a hatred of spiders».↗ Example: Hatred can grow if people do not talk to each other.↗ · He looked at the bully with hatred.↗ · Martin Luther King said hatred cannot drive out hatred; only love can.↗ · My sister has a hatred of spiders.↗ · Laws in many countries forbid spreading hatred against groups of people.↗ · The story ends with the two families letting go of their hatred.↗ · Kind words can help stop hatred.↗ · He cherished an undying hatred towards me, and lost no occasion of showing it.↗ · And if he thrust him of hatred, or hurled at him any thing, lying in wait, so that he died; (Torah NUM.35.20, JPS 1917)↗ · There are twelve which are all the time at war; three of them produce love, and three hatred, three are animators and three destroyers.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · There are twelve which are all the time at war ; three of them produce love, and three hatred, three are animators and three destroyers.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · Hatred stirreth up strifes; but love covereth all transgressions.↗ (Writings PRO.10.12, JPS 1917)↗ · I hate them with utmost hatred; I count them mine enemies.↗ (Writings PSA.139.22, JPS 1917)↗ · Consider how many are mine enemies, and the cruel hatred wherewith they hate me.↗ (Writings PSA.25.19, JPS 1917)↗

hatter — Everyday, meaning 1: A person who makes or sells hats.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (idiom) «As mad as a hatter» means very crazy or silly.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (a name) The Mad Hatter, a character in «Alice's Adventures in Wonderland» by Lewis Carroll.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: In old Southern dialect, "hatter" is said for "have to", as in "I hatter go".↗ Example: The Mad Hatter's tea party never ended.↗ · A hatter made top hats for the gentlemen.↗ · My uncle is as mad as a hatter, but very kind.↗ · Old hatters often became ill from the mercury in their work.↗ · The hatter measured my head for a new cap.↗ · We dressed up as the Mad Hatter for World Book Day.↗ · Bimeby you'll drap off en I'll hatter tote you up ter de big 'ouse.↗

haughtily — Everyday, meaning 1: In a proud way, looking down on other people as if they were less important.↗ Example: The queen looked at the servant haughtily.↗ · "I shall not answer," she said haughtily.↗ · He tossed his head haughtily and walked away.↗ · O love the LORD, all ye His godly ones; the LORD preserveth the faithful, and plentifully repayeth him that acteth haughtily.↗ (Writings PSA.31.24, JPS 1917)↗

haughtiness — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: Great pride that looks down on others.↗ Example: We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud; even of his haughtiness, and his pride, and his arrogancy, his ill-founded boastings.↗ (Prophets ISA.16.6, JPS 1917)↗ · We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud; his loftiness, and his pride, and his haughtiness, and the assumption of his heart.↗ (Prophets JER.48.29, JPS 1917)↗ · The lofty looks of man shall be brought low, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.↗ (Prophets ISA.2.11, JPS 1917)↗