Thesaurus: rush

A name given to many aquatic or marsh-growing endogenous plants with soft, slender stems, as the species of Juncus and Scirpus.

Definitions

n. A name given to many aquatic or marsh-growing endogenous plants with soft, slender stems, as the species of Juncus and Scirpus.
n. The merest trifle; a straw.
v. i. To move forward with impetuosity, violence, and tumultuous rapidity or haste; as, armies rush to battle; waters rush down a precipice.
v. i. To enter into something with undue haste and eagerness, or without due deliberation and preparation; as, to rush business or speculation.
v. t. To push or urge forward with impetuosity or violence; to hurry forward.
v. t. To recite (a lesson) or pass (an examination) without an error.
n. A moving forward with rapidity and force or eagerness; a violent motion or course; as, a rush of troops; a rush of winds; a rush of water.
n. Great activity with pressure; as, a rush of business.
n. A perfect recitation.
n. A rusher; as, the center rush, whose place is in the center of the rush line; the end rush.
n. The act of running with the ball.
adj. not accepting reservations