hie

[hahy]

verb (used without object), hied, hie·ing or hy·ing.

to hasten; speed; go in haste.

verb (used with object), hied, hie·ing or hy·ing.

to hasten (oneself): Hie yourself down to this once-in-a-lifetime sale!

Nearby words

Origin of hie

before 900; Middle English hien, hyen, Old English hīgian to strive; cognate with Dutch hijgen to pant, Greek kíein to go; Latin ciēre to cause to go

Can be confusedhi hie high

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Examples from the Web for hies

He leaves the old homestead, the quiet village, the country people, and hies himself to the city.
Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence|Various
And now, satisfied that no blood is to be spilt, the Muse hies gladly to a very different scene.
The Astonishing History of Troy Town|Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
Thither, full fraught with mischievous revengeAccurs'd, and in a cursed hour he hies.
Elsie's Womanhood|Martha Finley
From languor's sullen bands His limbs are loos'd, and eager, on he hies Dazzled to trace it in the sunny skies.
Endymion|John Keats

Like all great prima-donnas, Madame Melba has a beautiful home of her own, and a country place to which she hies in the summer.
Stars of the Opera|Mabel Wagnalls

British Dictionary definitions for hies

HIE

abbreviation for

(in Scotland) Highlands and Islands Enterprise

hie

verb hies, hieing, hying or hied

archaic, or poetic to hurry; hasten; speed

Word Origin for hie

Old English hīgian to strive

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Word Origin and History for hies

hie

Old English higian "strive, hasten," originally "to be intent on," from Proto-Germanic *hig- (cf. Middle Dutch higen "to pant," Middle Low German hichen, German heichen). Related: Hied; hies; hieing.