[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/rushing/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [R](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/r/) / rushing # rushing verb form (-ing of rush: rush, rushes, rushed, rushing); adjective (rushing water); noun (rushing — the act of hurrying) «rushing» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. Rushing means moving or doing something very fast, often because there is little time. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rushing/#m1) 2. Rushing water or wind moves fast and with force. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rushing/#m2) 3. Rushing someone means making them hurry. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rushing/#m3) ### In the lessons Everyday life and safety: rushing causes accidents — running on stairs, crossing the road without looking, or rushing a test and making careless mistakes; teachers say «Don't rush, check your work.» In nature, rushing rivers after rain are dangerous to cross or play in. In stories, rushing shows urgency or panic. Phrases: rushing around, rushing to school, rushing water, stop rushing, no need to rush, rushed off one's feet. ### Examples - We were rushing to catch the bus. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rushing/#x1) - Stop rushing and check your answers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rushing/#x2) - The rushing river was too strong to cross. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rushing/#x3) - Don't go rushing down the stairs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rushing/#x4) - I could hear the wind rushing through the trees. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rushing/#x5) - Mum is always rushing in the morning. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rushing/#x6) - She made mistakes because she was rushing her homework. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rushing/#x7) - The firefighters came rushing to help. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rushing/#x8) - ‘I am here!’ shrieked Farmer Weatherbeard, rushing out of doors. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rushing/#x9) ### Note Form of «rush»: rush (now), rushed (past), rushing (-ing). «Rush hour» is the busy time when people go to and from work. Safety: never rush into deep or fast-moving water, even if it looks shallow. In tests, rushing is a common cause of wrong answers in maths — read the question twice. ## In Jewish tradition Interpretation: The Sefer Yetzirah pictures the sefirot as rushing forth and back like a whirlwind, obeying God's command and bowing at his throne. In the primary lessons: Everyday life and safety: rushing causes accidents — running on stairs, crossing the road without looking, or rushing a test and making careless mistakes; teachers say «Don't rush, check your work.» In nature, rushing rivers after rain are dangerous to cross or play in. In stories, rushing shows urgency or panic. Phrases: rushing around, rushing to school, rushing water, stop rushing, no need to rush, rushed off one's feet. ### Examples - The word of God is in them as they burst forth, and as they return; they obey the divine command, rushing along as a whirlwind, returning to prostrate themselves at his throne. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rushing/#x1) - Ah, the uproar of many peoples, that roar like the roaring of the seas; and the rushing of nations, that rush like the rushing of mighty waters! (Prophets ISA.17.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rushing/#x2) - Then a spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me the voice of a great rushing: 'Blessed be the glory of the LORD from His place'; (Prophets EZK.3.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rushing/#x3) - also the noise of the wings of the living creatures as they touched one another, and the noise of the wheels beside them, even the noise of a great rushing. (Prophets EZK.3.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rushing/#x4) ### Note Form of «rush»: rush (now), rushed (past), rushing (-ing). «Rush hour» is the busy time when people go to and from work. Safety: never rush into deep or fast-moving water, even if it looks shallow. In tests, rushing is a common cause of wrong answers in maths — read the question twice. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «rushing» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rushing/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«rushing» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/rushing.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «rushing» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rushing/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«rushing» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/rushing.html) on Mova free.