Hie

English

Verb

Hie (third-person singular simple present hies, present participle hying or hieing, simple past and past participle hied)

1. (intransitive) To hasten; to go quickly, to hurry.
2. (reflexive) To hurry (oneself).

Noun

Hie (plural Hies)

1. Haste; diligence.

Thesaurus

accelerate, bolt, bundle, bustle, career, cheer on, commute, course, cover ground, crowd, dart, dash, dispatch, drive on, egg on, expedite, fare, fare forth, fetch, fling, flit, flow, forward, gang, go, go along, go to, goad on, haste, hasten, hasten on, hie on, hie to, hound on, hump, hump it, hurry, hurry along, hurry on, hurry up, hurtle, hustle, hustle up, journey, make haste, make the scene, move, move along, move on, pass, post, precipitate, press, proceed, process, progress, push, push on, push through, quicken, race, railroad through, repair, repair to, resort to, roll, roll on, root on, run, rush, rush along, sashay, scamper, scoot, scour, scramble, scud, scurry, scuttle, shoot, skedaddle, speed, speed along, speed on, speed up, spur, spur on, stampede, step on it, stream, tear, travel, urge, urge on, visit, wayfare, wend, whip, whip along, whip on

Etymology

From Old English hīġian. Cognate with Dutch hijgen (“to pant”), German heichen (“to choke, gasp for breath”), Danish hige (“to aspire, long”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /haɪ/
• Rhymes: -aɪ
• Homophones: hi, high

Translations

Verb

to go in haste

Finnish: kiirehtiä (fi), kiiruhtaa (fi) French: se hâter (fr), se dépêcher (fr) Italian: affrettarsi (it)

Russian: спешить (ru), торопиться (ru) Spanish: apresurarse (es), darse prisa (es)

to hurry (oneself)

Noun

haste

Finnish: kiire (fi) French: hâte (fr), précipitation (fr) Italian: fretta (it)

Russian: спешка (ru) f. Spanish: prisa (es)

References

• “hie” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001

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Finnish

Etymology

hioa (“to grind, sand, polish”) >

Noun

Hie

1. microsection (extremely thin slice of stone, metal or other hard material prepared for microscopic inspection)
2. (rare) the quality of grinding, degree of sharpness

   Kirveen terä on hyvässä hieessä.

   The blade of the ax is well ground. (i.e. sharp)

Declension

Declension of Hie (type hame) singular plural nominative Hie hieet genitive hieen hieiden hieitten partitive hiettä hieitä accusative Hie hieen hieet inessive hieessä hieissä elative hieestä hieistä illative hieeseen hieisiin hieihin adessive hieellä hieillä ablative hieeltä hieiltä allative hieelle hieille essive hieenä hieinä translative hieeksi hieiksi instructive – hiein abessive hieettä hieittä comitative – hieineen

Synonyms

• (degree of sharpness): terä

Anagrams

• hei

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French

Etymology

From Dutch.

Noun

Hie f. (plural Hies)

1. stamping/ramming rod

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Old Dutch

Etymology

From earlier hē, from Proto-Germanic *hiz.

Pronoun

Hie

1. he

Descendants

• Dutch: hij

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Old English

Alternative forms

• hī, hiġ

Etymology

Reflecting an earlier regularised form *hijai, from Proto-Germanic *hīz (“these, these ones”), masculine plural of *hiz, from Proto-Indo-European *k'e-, *k'ey- (“this, here”). Cognate with Old Frisian hia (“they”), Old Saxon im (“them”), Old Saxon iro (“their”). More at hē.

Pronoun

hīe (accusative hīe, genitive hiera, dative heom)

1. they

Descendants

• English: em