Rush

n.	1.	(Bot.) A name given to many aquatic or marsh-growing endogenous plants with soft, slender stems, as the species of Juncus and Scirpus.
	2.	The merest trifle; a straw. John Bull's friendship is not worth a rush. - Arbuthnot. Bog rush See under Bog. Club rush any rush of the genus Scirpus. Flowering rush See under Flowering. Nut rush a - Any plant of the genus Scleria, rushlike plants with hard nutlike fruits b - A name for several species of Cyperus having tuberous roots. Rush broom an Australian leguminous plant (Viminaria denudata), having long, slender branches. Also, the Spanish broom. See under Spanish. Rush candle See under Candle. Rush grass any grass of the genus Vilfa, grasses with wiry stems and one-flowered spikelets. Rush toad (Zool.) the natterjack. Spike rush, anyrushlikeplantofthegenusEleocharis, inwhichtheflowersgrowindensespikes. Scouring rush (Bot.) Same as Dutch rush, under Dutch. - Sweet rush a sweet-scented grass of Arabia, etc. (Andropogon schœnanthus), used in Oriental medical practice. Wood rush any plant of the genus Luzula, which differs in some technical characters from Juncus.
v. i.	1.	To move forward with impetuosity, violence, and tumultuous rapidity or haste; as, armies rush to battle; waters rush down a precipice. [imp. & p. p. Rushed (rŭsht); p. pr. & vb. n. Rushing.] Like to an entered tide, they all rush by. - Shak.
	2.	To enter into something with undue haste and eagerness, or without due deliberation and preparation; as, to rush business or speculation. They . . . never think it to be a part of religion to rush into the office of princes and ministers. - Sprat.
v. t.	1.	To push or urge forward with impetuosity or violence; to hurry forward.
	2.	To recite (a lesson) or pass (an examination) without an error.
n.	1.	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. A gentleman of his train spurred up his horse, and, with a violent rush, severed him from the duke. - Sir H. Wotton.
	2.	Great activity with pressure; as, a rush of business.
	3.	A perfect recitation.
	4.	(Football) A rusher; as, the center rush, whose place is in the center of the rush line; the end rush. Bunt rush (Football) a combined rush by main strength. Rush line (Football) the line composed of rushers.

Noun	1.	rush - the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner; "in his haste to leave he forgot his book" Synonyms: haste, rushing, hurry
	2.	rush - a sudden forceful flow Synonyms: surge, upsurge, spate
	3.	rush - grasslike plants growing in wet places and having cylindrical often hollow stems
	4.	Rush - physician and Revolutionary American leader; signer of the Declaration of Independence (1745-1813) Synonyms: Benjamin Rush
	5.	rush - 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" Synonyms: thrill, kick, boot, bang, flush, charge
	6.	rush - a sudden burst of activity; "come back after the rush"
	7.	rush - (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running into the line; "the linebackers were ready to stop a rush" Synonyms: rushing
Verb	1.	rush - step on it; "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests"; "The cars raced down the street" Synonyms: belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, hie, hotfoot, pelt along, race, rush along, speed, hasten Antonyms: dawdle, linger - take one's time; proceed slowly
	2.	rush - attack suddenly
	3.	rush - urge to an unnatural speed; "Don't rush me, please!" Synonyms: hurry Antonyms: delay, detain, hold up - cause to be slowed down or delayed; "Traffic was delayed by the bad weather"; "she delayed the work that she didn't want to perform"
	4.	rush - act or move at high speed; "We have to rush!"; "hurry--it's late!" Synonyms: festinate, hasten, look sharp, hurry
	5.	rush - run with the ball, in football
	6.	rush - cause to move fast or to rush or race; "The psychologist raced the rats through a long maze" Synonyms: race
	7.	rush - cause to occur rapidly; "the infection precipitated a high fever and allergic reactions" Synonyms: induce, hasten, stimulate
Adj.	1.	rush - not accepting reservations Synonyms: first-come-first-serve
	2.	rush - done under pressure; "a rush job" Synonyms: rushed

1.	(language)	RUSH - An interactive dialect of PL/I, related to CPS, dated about 1966. The name is the abbreviation of "Remote Use of Shared Hardware". ["Introduction to RUSH", Allen-Babcock Computing 1969. Sammet 1969, p.309.]
2.	(language)	RUSH - A high-level language that closely resembles Tcl but aimed to provide substantially faster execution. See An Introduction to the Rush Language. by Adam Sah, Jon Blow, and Brian Dennis (1994).

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