rush
part of speech
verb (rush, rushes, rushed, rushing); noun (a rush, rushes; also rushes — a water plant)
meaning for a pupil
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 →
sense 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 the corpora
- A siren and flashing blue lights mean police are rushing to an emergency, and other drivers must pull over to let them through.
- When a famous person is ill, people online rush to guess.
- A metronome is a ticking machine or app that keeps a steady beat; groups often rush when they get excited.
- When a dog and its owner look at each other, both get a rush of a bonding chemical in the brain.
- Well might the ferrets rush wildly for the fireplace and get hopelessly jammed in the chimney!»
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «rush» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.