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hasten — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bustle noun Busy, energetic activity and movement, especially of a crowd.
  • hasten verb To move or act quickly, or to make something happen sooner.
  • scurry verb To run with short, quick, hurried steps.
  • skelter verb To hurry or scurry off in a disorderly rush.

Senses

hasten is used for these senses in English:

  • bustle To move busily and energetically with fussiness (often followed by about).
  • hasten (intransitive) To move or act in a quick fashion.
  • scurry To run with quick light steps, to scamper.
  • skelter (colloquial, with "away" or "off") To run off helter-skelter; to hurry; to scurry.

bustle — full definition

  1. noun Busy, energetic activity and movement, especially of a crowd.
  2. verb To move about quickly and busily, often with a sense of purpose or fuss.

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