Rush vs Slide - What's the difference?
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Any of several stiff aquatic or marsh plants of the genus Juncus , having hollow or pithy stems and small flowers.
The stem of such plants used in making baskets, mats, the seats of chairs, etc.
The merest trifle; a straw.
* (rfdate) (Arbuthnot)
A sudden forward motion.
* Sir H. Wotton
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=19 A surge.
General haste.
A rapid, noisy flow.
(military) A sudden attack; an onslaught.
(contact sports) The act of running at another player to block or disrupt play.
A rusher; a lineman.
A sudden, brief exhilaration, for instance the pleasurable sensation produced by a stimulant.
(US, figuratively) A regulated period of recruitment in fraternities]] and [[sorority, sororities.
(US, dated, college slang) A perfect recitation.
(croquet) A roquet in which the object ball is sent to a particular location on the lawn.
To hurry; to perform a task with great haste.
* (Thomas Sprat) (1635–1730)
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-16, author=
, volume=189, issue=10, page=8, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly)
, title= (label) To flow or move forward rapidly or noisily.
* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
* {{quote-book, year=1892, author=(James Yoxall)
, chapter=5, title= To dribble rapidly.
To run directly at another player in order to block or disrupt play.
(label) To cause to move or act with unusual haste.
To make a swift or sudden attack.
(label) To swiftly attach to without warning.
(label) To transport or carry quickly.
To roquet an object ball to a particular location on the lawn.
To recite (a lesson) or pass (an examination) without an error.
Performed with, or requiring urgency or great haste, or done under pressure.
(ergative) To (cause to) move in continuous contact with a surface
To move on a low-friction surface.
* (rfdate), Waller:
(baseball) To drop down and skid into a base.
To lose one’s balance on a slippery surface.
To pass or put imperceptibly; to slip.
(obsolete) To pass inadvertently.
* Bible, Eccles. xxviii. 26
To pass along smoothly or unobservedly; to move gently onward without friction or hindrance.
* (rfdate), Dryden:
* (rfdate), Alexander Pope:
(music) To pass from one note to another with no perceptible cessation of sound.
To pass out of one's thought as not being of any consequence.
* (rfdate), Chaucer:
* (rfdate), Philip Sidney:
An item of play equipment that children can climb up and then slide down again.
A surface of ice, snow, butter, etc. on which someone can slide for amusement or as a practical joke.
The falling of large amounts of rubble, earth and stones down the slope of a hill or mountain; avalanche.
An inclined plane on which heavy bodies slide by the force of gravity, especially one constructed on a mountainside for conveying logs by sliding them down.
A mechanism consisting of a part which slides on or against a guide.
The act of sliding; smooth, even passage or progress.
* Francis Bacon
*
A lever that can be moved in two directions.
A valve that works by sliding, such as in a trombone.
A transparent plate bearing an image to be projected to a screen.
(baseball) The act of dropping down and skidding into a base
(sciences) A flat, rectangular piece of glass on which a prepared sample may be viewed through a microscope.
(music, guitar) A hand-held device made of smooth, hard material, used in the practice of slide guitar.
A lively dance from County Kerry, in 12/8 time.
(geology) A small dislocation in beds of rock along a line of fissure.
(music) A grace consisting of two or more small notes moving by conjoint degrees, and leading to a principal note either above or below.
(phonetics) A sound which, by a gradual change in the position of the vocal organs, passes imperceptibly into another sound.
A clasp or brooch for a belt, etc.
Rush is a related term of slide.
As a proper noun rush
is (computing) a dialect of the language.As a verb slide is
(ergative) to (cause to) move in continuous contact with a surface.As a noun slide is
an item of play equipment that children can climb up and then slide down again.rush
English
(wikipedia rush)Etymology 1
From (etyl) rusch, risch, from (etyl) rysc, risc, from (etyl) ).Noun
(rushes)- John Bull's friendship is not worth a rush .
Etymology 2
Perhaps from (etyl) ruschen, . More at (l). (etymology note) An alternative etymology traces rush'' via (etyl) . Alternatively, according to the OED, perhaps an adaptation of (etyl) russher, , although connection to the same (etyl) root is also possible. More at ''rouse .Noun
(rushes)- A gentleman of his train spurred up his horse, and, with a violent rush , severed him from the duke.
citation, passage=When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor, where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him.
- the center rush , whose place is in the center of the rush line
Derived terms
* adrenalin rush * bum's rush * rush goalie * rush hour * rush job * sugar rushVerb
(es)- Theynever think it to be a part of religion to rush into the office of princes and ministers.
John Vidal
Dams endanger ecology of Himalayas, passage=Most of the Himalayan rivers have been relatively untouched by dams near their sources. Now the two great Asian powers, India and China, are rushing to harness them as they cut through some of the world's deepest valleys.}}
- Like to an entered tide, they all rush by.
The Lonely Pyramid, passage=The desert storm was riding in its strength; the travellers lay beneath the mastery of the fell simoom. Whirling wreaths and columns of burning wind, rushed around and over them.}}
Synonyms
* See alsoAdjective
(-)- a rush job
Usage notes
Used only before a noun.See also
* rushes * * * English ergative verbs English terms with multiple etymologies 1000 English basic wordsslide
English
Verb
- He slid the boat across the grass.
- The safe slid slowly.
- Snow slides down the side of a mountain.
- The car slid on the ice.
- They bathe in summer, and in winter slide .
- Jones slid into second.
- He slid while going around the corner.
- to slide in a word to vary the sense of a question
- Beware thou slide not by it.
- A ship or boat slides through the water.
- Ages shall slide away without perceiving.
- Parts answering parts shall slide into a whole.
- With good hope let he sorrow slide .
- With a calm carelessness letting everything slide .
Derived terms
* let slideNoun
(en noun)- The long, red slide was great fun for the kids.
- (Charles Dickens)
- The slide closed the highway.
- a slide on the ice
- A better slide into their business.
- (Dana)