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hie

[hahy]
verb (used without object), hied, hie·ing or hy·ing.
  1. to hasten; speed; go in haste.
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verb (used with object), hied, hie·ing or hy·ing.
  1. to hasten (oneself): Hie yourself down to this once-in-a-lifetime sale!
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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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Related Words

rushhurryspeedexpeditescurryhaste

Examples from the Web for hies

Historical Examples

  • With this she hies away to Alischar to make him acquainted with her success.

    Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers

    Various

  • But the schoolboy has his lessons to do, and he hies himself to his final task.

    Modernities

    Horace Barnett Samuel

  • He hies himself there and revels in the delights of a perfect dinner.

    Nasby in Exile

    David R. Locke

  • 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

  • Judge Davis hies himself away to the splendid excitement of his Eastern metropolitan practise.

    The Little Lady of Lagunitas

    Richard Henry Savage

British Dictionary definitions for hies

HIE

abbreviation for
  1. (in Scotland) Highlands and Islands Enterprise
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hie

verb hies, hieing, hying or hied
  1. archaic, or poetic to hurry; hasten; speed
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Word Origin

Old English hīgian to strive
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Word Origin and History for hies

hie

v.

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.

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