Definition of rushes

"rushes" in the noun sense

1. haste, hurry, rush, rushing

the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner

"in his haste to leave he forgot his book"

2. rush, spate, surge, upsurge

a sudden forceful flow

3. rush

grasslike plants growing in wet places and having cylindrical often hollow stems

4. Rush, Benjamin Rush

physician and American Revolutionary leader signer of the Declaration of Independence (1745-1813)

5. bang, boot, charge, rush, flush, thrill, kick

the swift release of a store of affective force

"they got a great bang out of it"

"what a boot!"

"he got a quick rush from injecting heroin"

"he does it for kicks"

6. rush

a sudden burst of activity

"come back after the rush"

7. rush, rushing

American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running into the line

"the linebackers were ready to stop a rush"

"rushes" in the verb sense

1. rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along, step on it

move hurridly

"He rushed down the hall to receive his guests"

"The cars raced down the street"

2. rush

attack suddenly

3. rush, hurry

urge to an unnatural speed

"Don't rush me, please!"

4. rush, hasten, hurry, look sharp, festinate

act or move at high speed

"We have to rush!"

"hurry

5. rush

run with the ball, in football

6. race, rush

cause to move fast or to rush or race

"The psychologist raced the rats through a long maze"

7. induce, stimulate, rush, hasten

cause to occur rapidly

"the infection precipitated a high fever and allergic reactions"

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Quotations for rushes

When anger rushes, unrestrained, to action. [ Savage ]

Good words without deeds are rushes and reeds. [ Proverb ]

The human race afraid of nothing, rushes on through every crime. [ Horace ]

Rumor, once started, rushes on like a river, until it mingles with, and is lost in the sea. [ Rivarol ]

Let us enjoy the fugitive hour. Man Bias no harbor, time has no shore; it rushes on, and carries us with it. [ Lamartine ]

O Time! Time! how it brings forth and devours! And the roaring flood of existence rushes on forever similar, forever changing! [ Carlyle ]

My mind can take no hold on the present world, nor rest in it a moment, but my whole nature rushes onward with irresistible force towards a future and better state of being. [ Fichte ]

The first being that rushes to the recollection of a soldier or a sailor, in his heart's difficulty, is his mother; she clings to his memory and affection in the midst of all the f orgetf ulness and hardihood induced by a roving life; the last message he leaves is for her; his last whisper breathes her name. The mother, as she instills the lessons of piety and filial obligation into the heart of her infant son, should always feel that her labor is not in vain. She may drop into the grave, but she has left behind her influences that will work for her. The bow is broken, but the arrow is sped, and will do its ofiice. [ A. H. Motte ]

rushes in Scrabble®

The word rushes is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 9

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rushes in Words With Friends™

The word rushes is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 9

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Words within the letters of rushes

2 letter words in rushes (5 words)

3 letter words in rushes (9 words)

4 letter words in rushes (11 words)

5 letter words in rushes (4 words)

6 letter words in rushes (Anagrams) (3 words)

Word Growth involving rushes

Shorter words in rushes

he hes

us rush

he she

Longer words containing rushes

backrushes

brushes airbrushes hairbrushes

brushes bitterbrushes

brushes bottlebrushes

brushes buckbrushes

brushes clothesbrushes

brushes drybrushes

brushes nailbrushes

brushes paintbrushes

brushes rebrushes

brushes sagebrushes

brushes snowbrushes

brushes toothbrushes

bullrushes

bulrushes

bumrushes

crushes recrushes

downrushes

goldrushes

outrushes

thrushes

uprushes