hurried
part of speech
adjective; verb, past form of hurry (hurry, hurries, hurried, hurrying)
meaning for a pupil
1) Hurried means done quickly because there is not much time: «a hurried breakfast». tree →
2) Hurried is the past of hurry: moved or acted fast. tree →
3) Rushed and sometimes careless because of speed. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Swept away quickly, here by God's anger. Interpretation: The Psalm is traditionally linked to Moses. It reflects on how short human life is next to God's anger and eternity. In the primary lessons: Used in stories and everyday life: «hurried to school», «a hurried note», «hurried footsteps». It tells the reader someone was short of time or in a rush.
examples
- For we are consumed in Thine anger, and by Thy wrath are we hurried away. (Writings PSA.90.7, JPS 1917) tree →
- We ate a hurried breakfast and ran for the bus. tree →
- She hurried home before the rain. tree →
- He wrote a hurried note to his mum. tree →
- Hurried footsteps came down the corridor. tree →
- His hurried work had lots of mistakes. tree →
- The children hurried into the hall. tree →
- So away he hurried to the Crane. tree →
note
Spelling: hurry → hurried (y changes to i before -ed); hurrying keeps the y. Adverb: hurriedly. Doing schoolwork in a hurried way often means more mistakes; check your answers.
In the corpora
- For we are consumed in Thine anger, and by Thy wrath are we hurried away.
- "Shotgun wedding" means a wedding hurried because a baby is on the way (jokey).
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «hurried» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.