急ぐ — meaning in English

English meaning

• fast adj Moving or able to move at high speed; quick.
• hastily adv In a rushed or hurried way, often without enough care.
• hurry verb To move or act with speed, or to make someone or something move faster.
• rush verb To hurry or do something very quickly, sometimes carelessly.

Senses

急ぐ is used for these senses in English:

• come on An expression of frustration, exasperation, or impatience; hurry up.
• fast Quickly, with great speed; within a short time [from 13th c.].
• hastily In a hasty manner; quickly or hurriedly.
• hurry Rushed action.
• hurry up (emphatic, ambitransitive) To hurry; to increase the speed of doing something.
• let's go (colloquial) Hurry up; be quick.
• make haste (intransitive, dated) To hurry or hasten.
• rush (transitive, or, intransitive) To hurry; to perform a task with great haste, often not properly or without thinking carefully.

fast — full definition

1. adj Moving or able to move at high speed; quick.
2. adj Fixed firmly in place; not easily moved.
3. adv Quickly, or with great speed.
4. verb To go without food, often for religious, health, or medical reasons.
5. noun A period of abstaining from food.

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