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# rush

«rush» in Mova's school dictionary: **To move or do something very fast, often too fast** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rush/#m1)

2) To make someone hurry: "Don't rush me!" [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rush/#m2)

3) As a noun, a hurry: "I'm in a rush." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rush/#m3)

4) A sudden strong movement or feeling: "a rush of water", "a rush of joy". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rush/#m4)

5) A busy time: "rush hour". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rush/#m5)

6) A tall grass-like plant growing near water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rush/#m6)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rush/#x1)
- We were in a rush this morning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rush/#x2)
- Traffic is bad at rush hour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rush/#x3)
- Water rushed into the cave. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rush/#x4)
- She rushed to help her friend. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rush/#x5)
- Walk, don't rush, near the pool. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rush/#x6)
- There's no rush; take your time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rush/#x7)
- Ducks hid among the rushes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rush/#x8)
- Then the hungry lion rushed in. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rush/#x9)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/30-police-courts-and-prison/5/)
- [When a famous person is ill, people online rush to guess.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/45-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-queens-death-a-coronation-titles-lost-and-illnesses-announced/0/)
- [A metronome is a ticking machine or app that keeps a steady beat; groups often rush when they get excited.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/2-reading-music-notes-beats-and-rhythm/11/)
- [When a dog and its owner look at each other, both get a rush of a bonding chemical in the brain.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/192-dogs-from-wolves-to-hundreds-of-breeds/18/)
- [Well might the ferrets rush wildly for the fireplace and get hopelessly jammed in the chimney!»](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/71-willows-ch12-part2-the-battle-of-toad-hall/15/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «rush» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rush/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.