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1. RUSH
   1. (language) An interactive dialect of PL/I, related to CPS, dated about 1966. The name is the abbreviation of 'Remote Use of Shared Hardware'. ['Introduction to RUSH', Allen-Babcock Computing 1969. Sammet 1969, p.309.] 2. (language) A high-level language that closely resembles Tcl but aimed to p...
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2. Rush
   (Juncus) Several of these Rushes are found wild in North America. Few are decorative enough to merit planting in the garden; however, Juncus effusus spiralis, the Corkscrew Rush, is an attractive plant and useful for planting in moist ground. It grows up to 3 feet high with a spread of 2 feet and fo...
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3. rush
   [n] - grasslike plants growing in wet places and having cylindrical often hollow stems 2. [n] - physician and Revolutionary American leader 3. [n] - a sudden forceful flow 4. [n] - a sudden burst of activity 5. [n] - (football) an attempt to advance the ball by running into th...
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4. rush
   any of various monocotyledonous marsh plants(as of the genera juncus and scirpus of the family juncaceae)with cylindrical,often hollow,stems Category: Botany and zoology • the immediate effects of the intravenous injection of amphetamines are a sudden, overwhelming pleasurable rush or fl...
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5. Rush
   Rush noun [ Middle English rusche , rische , resche , Anglo-Saxon risce , akin to LG. rusk , risch , D. & German rusch ; all probably from Latin ruscum butcher's broom; akin to Goth. raus
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6. Rush
   Rush (rŭsh) intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Rushed (rŭsht); present participle & verbal noun Rushing .] [ Middle English ruschen ; confer Anglo-Saxon
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7. Rush
   Rush transitive verb 1. To push or urge forward with impetuosity or violence; to hurry forward. 2. To recite (a lesson) or pass (an examination) without an error. [ College Cant, U.S.]
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8. Rush
   Rush noun 1. A moving forward with rapidity and force or eagerness; a violent motion or course; as, a rush of troops; a rush of winds; a rush of water. « A gentleman of his train spurred up his horse, and, with a viol...
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9. rush
   1. A moving forward with rapidity and force or eagerness; a violent motion or course; as, a rush of troops; a rush of winds; a rush of water. 'A gentleman of his train spurred up his horse, and, with a violent rush, severed him from the duke.' (Sir H. Wotton) ... 2. Great activity with pressure; as,...
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10. rush
    spate 2 surge noun a sudden forceful flow
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11. Rush
    Benjamin Rush noun physician and American Revolutionary leader; signer of the Declaration of Independence (1745-1813)
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12. rush
    noun grasslike plants growing in wet places and having cylindrical often hollow stems
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13. rush
    noun (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running into the line; `the linebackers were ready to stop a rush`
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14. rush
    (rush) peristaltic rush; a powerful wave of contractile activity that travels very long distances down the small intestine, caused by intense irritation or unusual distention.
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15. Rush
    • (n.) The merest trifle; a straw. • (n.) A rusher; as, the center rush, whose place is in the center of the rush line; the end rush. • (v. t.) To push or urge forward with impetuosity or violence; to hurry forward. • (n.) Great activity with pressure; as, a rush of business. &bu...
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16. rush
    (from the article `motion-picture technology`) Before a day`s work, or rushes, are viewed it is usual to synchronize those takes that were shot with dialogue or other major sounds. Principal sound ...
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17. rush
    any of several flowering plants distinguished by cylindrical stalks or hollow, stemlike leaves. They are found in temperate regions and particularly ...
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18. Rush
    Rush is a French boy name. The meaning of the name is `Red Haired` Rush doesn`t appear In 2007`s top-1000 name list.The last time Rush appeared In the top-1000 was 108 years ago, In 1900. It ranked #957 In that year. . 1880 was a `top year` for the name Rush. (Based on 128 years of name history)...
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19. rush
    a running play; also, a pass rush.
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20. rush
    
    • the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner
    • a sudden forceful flow
    • grasslike plants growing in wet places and having cylindrical often hollow stems
    • physician and Revolutionary American leader; signer of the Declaration of Independence (1745-1813)
    • the swift release of a store of affective force
    • a sudden burst of activity
    • (football) an attempt to advance the ball b...
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    • rush
      an individual or combined attack by a team in possession of the puck.
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    • rush
      trying to tackle or hurry a player before he can throw a pass or make a kick
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    • RUSH
      A grass-like plant with long round stems, which usually grows in wet areas.
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    • rush
      rush, name for tall, grasslike plants of various families, many of which have hollow stems. The true rushes belong to the family Juncaceae, one of the oldest families of plants, closely related to the family Liliaceae (lily family). Most rushes grow in swamps. Among them are the common or bog rush (...
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    • rush
      See hot streak.
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