hie

Senso (Inglese)

1. To hasten; to go quickly, to hurry.
2. To hurry (oneself).

Sinonimi

hasten

hurry

rush

speed

belt along

be in a hurry

rush along

hotfoot

hustle

race

bucket along

step on it

pelt along

cannonball along

dispatch

scurry

haste

despatch

expedite

bustle about

precipitate

scurry about

railroad

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/haɪ/

Etimologia (Inglese)

From Middle English hien, hyen, highen, heiȝen, hiȝen, from Old English hīgian (“to hie, hasten, strive”), from Proto-West Germanic *hīgōn, from Proto-Germanic *hīgōną (“to breathe, snort”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱēygʰ- (“swift, fierce, violent”).
Cognate with Dutch hijgen (“to pant”), German heichen (“to choke, gasp for breath”), Danish hige (“to aspire, long”), Latin cieō (“set in motion, invoke, provoke”), Ancient Greek κινέω (kinéō, “move, set in motion”).