rush : Idioms & Phrases

• noun physician and American Revolutionary leader; signer of the Declaration of Independence (1745-1813)
  Rush.
  

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• (Bot.), any rush growing in bogs; saw grass.

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• (Football), a combined rush by main strength.

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• any rush of the genus Scirpus.

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Club"-rush` noun

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1. (Bot.) A rushlike plant, the reed mace or cat-tail, or some species of the genus Scirpus. See Bulrush.

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• noun tall rush with soft erect or arching stems found in Eurasia, Australia, New Zealand, and common in North America
  bulrush; Juncus effusus; bullrush; common rush.
  

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• noun any sedge of the genus Eriophorum; north temperate bog plants with tufted spikes
  cotton grass.
  

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• noun cylindrical-stemmed sedge
  Eleocharis palustris.
  

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• (Bot.), a species of horsetail rush or Equisetum (E. hyemale) having a rough, siliceous surface, and used for scouring and polishing; called also scouring rush, and shave grass. See Equisetum.

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• noun tall sedge of the Nile valley yielding fiber that served many purposes in historic times
  Egyptian paper rush; Cyperus papyrus; Egyptian paper reed; papyrus; paper plant.
  

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• a European rushlike plant (Butomus umbellatus), with an umbel of rosy blossoms.

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• noun a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money)
  gravy; windfall; bunce; bonanza; boom; manna from heaven; godsend.
  
  • the demand for testing has created a boom for those unregulated laboratories where boxes of specimen jars are processed like an assembly line
• noun a large migration of people to a newly discovered gold field
  

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• noun tall rush of temperate regions
  Juncus inflexus.
  

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• noun rush of Australia
  Juncus articulatus.
  

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• (Bot.), a kind of rush (Scirpus lacustris) used in England for making mats.

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• (Bot.), a rush of the genus Juncus (J. squarrosus).

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• noun fine-leaved aquatic spike rush; popular as aerator for aquariums
  Eleocharis acicularis; hair grass; needle spike rush; needle rush.
  

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• noun fine-leaved aquatic spike rush; popular as aerator for aquariums
  Eleocharis acicularis; hair grass; needle spike rush; needle rush.
  

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• (a) Any plant of the genus Scleria, rushlike plants with hard nutlike fruits . (b) A name for several species of Cyperus having tuberous roots.
• (Bot.), a genus of cyperaceous plants (Scleria) having a hard bony achene. Several species are found in the United States and many more in tropical regions.

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• noun tall sedge of the Nile valley yielding fiber that served many purposes in historic times
  Egyptian paper rush; Cyperus papyrus; Egyptian paper reed; papyrus; paper plant.
  

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• verb move fast
  rush; bucket along; hotfoot; belt along; cannonball along; race; step on it; hie; hasten; speed; pelt along.
  
  • He rushed down the hall to receive his guests
  • The cars raced down the street

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• noun a variety of aster
  

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• verb depart in a hurry
  rush away.
  

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• an Australian leguminous plant (Viminaria denudata), having long, slender branches. Also, the Spanish broom. See under Candle.

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• noun a tallow candle with a rush stem as the wick
  rushlight.
  

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• noun tufted herbs resembling grasses: rushes
  family Juncaceae; Juncaceae.
  

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• noun grass having wiry stems and sheathed panicles
  rush grass.
  

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• any grass of the genus Vilfa, grasses with wiry stems and one-flowered spikelets.

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• noun the times at the beginning and end of the working day when many people are traveling to or from work
  

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• (Football), the line composed of rushers.

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• noun European sedge having small edible nutlike tubers
  chufa; yellow nutgrass; ground almond; Cyperus esculentus; earth almond.
  

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• verb depart in a hurry
  rush away.
  

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• verb jump out from a hiding place and surprise (someone)
  sally out; leap out; burst forth.
  
  • The attackers leapt out from the bushes

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• noun woody yellow-flowered perennial of southeastern United States
  Helianthemum scoparium.
  

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• (Zoöl.), the natterjack.

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Rush"-bear`ing noun

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1. A kind of rural festival at the dedication of a church, when the parishioners brought rushes to strew the church. Eng. Nares.

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• noun grass having wiry stems and sheathed panicles
  rush grass.
  

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• noun rush of the Pacific coast of North America
  Juncus leseurii.
  

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• noun evergreen erect horsetail with rough-edged stems; formerly used for scouring utensils
  rough horsetail; Equisetum hyemale robustum; Equisetum hyemale; Equisetum robustum.
  

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• (Bot.) Same as Dutch rush, under Dutch.
• . (Bot.) See Dutch rush, under Dutch.

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• noun tufted wiry rush of wide distribution
  Juncus tenuis.
  

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• noun fine-leaved aquatic spike rush; popular as aerator for aquariums
  Eleocharis acicularis; hair grass; needle spike rush; needle rush.
  

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• noun tall rush with soft erect or arching stems found in Eurasia, Australia, New Zealand, and common in North America
  bulrush; Juncus effusus; bullrush; common rush.
  

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• noun a sedge of the genus Eleocharis
  

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• any rushlike plant of the genus Eleocharis, in which the flowers grow in dense spikes.

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• a sweet-scented grass of Arabia, etc. (Andropogon schoenanthus), used in Oriental medical practice.
• (Bot.), sweet flag.

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• noun low-growing annual rush of damp low-lying ground; nearly cosmopolitan
  Juncus bufonius.
  

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• (Bot.), a low-growing kind of rush (Juncus bufonius).

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• (Bot.), any rushlike plant of the genus Cladium having hard, and sometimes prickly-edged, leaves or stalks. See Saw grass, under Saw.

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• noun northern North America; Greenland; northern and central Europe
  variegated horsetail; Equisetum variegatum.
  

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• (Zoöl.), the redwing. Prov. Eng.

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• (Bot.), any plant of the genus Luzula, differing from the true rushes of the genus Juncus chiefly in having very few seeds in each capsule.
• any plant of the genus Luzula, which differs in some technical characters from Juncus.

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