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31haste — 01. In our [haste] to leave for our camping trip, we actually forgot to bring our tent. 02. Don t do things so [hastily] or you ll make a lot of mistakes. 03. I think I was being a bit [hasty] when I told you I wasn t interested in the job… …
32haste — UK [heɪst] / US noun [uncountable] formal great speed in doing something because of limited time in someone s haste to do something: In my haste to escape, I tripped over a fallen branch. • haste makes waste/more haste less speed used for saying… …
33haste — see haste is from the devil more haste, less speed haste makes waste make haste slowly marry in haste and repent at leisure nothing should be done in haste but gripping a flea …
34haste — [[t]heɪst[/t]] n. 1) swiftness of motion; speed 2) unnecessarily quick action; thoughtless, rash, or undue speed: Haste makes waste[/ex] 3) urgent need of quick action; a hurry 4) archaic to hasten • make haste Etymology: 1250–1300; < OF <… …
35haste — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English hǣst violence Date: 14th century 1. rapidity of motion ; swiftness 2. rash or headlong action ; precipitateness < the beauty of speed uncontaminated by… …
36Haste — Infobox Ort in Deutschland Wappen = Wappen Haste.png lat deg = 52 |lat min = 22 lon deg = 9 |lon min = 23 Lageplan = Bundesland = Niedersachsen Landkreis = Schaumburg Samtgemeinde = Nenndorf Höhe = 44 55 Fläche = 11.13 Einwohner = 2671 Stand =… …
37haste — [13] Haste is a Germanic word, but English acquired it through Old French. The furthest back it can be traced is to a prehistoric West Germanic *khaistiz, which produced such now defunct offspring as Old English hǣst ‘violence’ and Old High… …
38haste — /heɪst / (say hayst) noun 1. energetic speed in motion or action. 2. speed as a result of urgency. 3. quickness without due reflection; thoughtless or rash speed: haste makes waste. –verb (t), verb (i) (hasted, hasting) 4. Archaic → hasten.… …
39haste — [13] Haste is a Germanic word, but English acquired it through Old French. The furthest back it can be traced is to a prehistoric West Germanic *khaistiz, which produced such now defunct offspring as Old English hǣst ‘violence’ and Old High… …
40haste — n. & v. n. 1 urgency of movement or action. 2 excessive hurry. v.intr. archaic = HASTEN. Phrases and idioms: in haste quickly, hurriedly. make haste hurry; be quick. Etymology: ME f. OF haste, haster f. WG …
