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A name given to many aquatic or marsh-growing endogenous
plants with soft, slender stems, as the species of Juncus and Scirpus. |
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The merest trifle; a straw. |
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To move forward with impetuosity, violence, and tumultuous
rapidity or haste; as, armies rush to battle; waters rush down a
precipice. |
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To enter into something with undue haste and eagerness, or
without due deliberation and preparation; as, to rush business or
speculation. |
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To push or urge forward with impetuosity or violence; to
hurry forward. |
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To recite (a lesson) or pass (an examination) without an
error. |
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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. |
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Great activity with pressure; as, a rush of business. |
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A perfect recitation. |
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A rusher; as, the center rush, whose place is in the center
of the rush line; the end rush. |
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The act of running with the ball. |