Hie

Quick meaning: Hie is a verb meaning (intransitive, poetic) To hasten; to go quickly, to hurry.

Meaning

(intransitive, poetic) To hasten; to go quickly, to hurry.

More Meanings

1. (reflexive, poetic) To hurry (oneself).
2. (transitive) To urge (a horse) to the left with a cry of "hie".
3. (dialect) A call to turn a horse to the left.

Example Sentences

My husband hies him home.

But after her lover Amyntas hied.

At break of morn she hies to yonder abbey

The youth, returning to his mistress, hies.

Word Forms

• hies
• hieing
• hied

Synonyms for hie

Depending on context, synonyms include rush, race, speed, hotfoot, hasten.

Antonyms for hie

Common opposites include hup, dawdle, linger.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include hasten, speed, hotfoot, race, rush, hurry.

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