What does hie mean?
Hie means (intransitive, poetic) To hasten; to go quickly, to hurry..
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/haɪ/ · verb
(intransitive, poetic) To hasten; to go quickly, to hurry..
But after her lover Amyntas hied.
Hath pleased you, and eased you, and sweet slumber seized you. And now to bed I hie.
The youth, returning to his mistress, hies.
At break of morn she hies to yonder abbey
My husband hies him home.
Some have conjectured hastily that all Southerners in town hie themselves to cafés at nightfall.
Use hie when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Hie means (intransitive, poetic) To hasten; to go quickly, to hurry..
Common synonyms include rush, race, speed, hotfoot.
Possible antonyms include hup, dawdle, linger.
But after her lover Amyntas hied.
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