Hie

//haɪ// intj, verb

intj, verb ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To hasten; to go quickly, to hurry. intransitive, poetic

    "But after her lover Amyntas hied."

  2. 2
    move hurridly wordnet
  3. 3
    To hurry (oneself). poetic, reflexive

    "My husband hies him home."

  4. 4
    To urge (a horse) to the left with a cry of "hie". transitive
Intj
  1. 1
    A call to turn a horse to the left. dialectal

Synonyms

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rushacceleratebelt alongblitzboltbucket along

Antonyms

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hup

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"But after her lover Amyntas hied."

Etymology

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”).

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