rushed

1. 1
   adjective

   Done too quickly, often without enough time or care.

   Like eating your food so fast that you barely taste it.

   The rushed report had several spelling mistakes.

   Her apology felt rushed and not very sincere.

   Similarhasty, hurried, rash, precipitate

   Oppositecareful, considered, deliberate, unhurried

2. 2
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of rush. Use this form when the hurrying already happened.

   She rushed to finish her homework before dinner.

   They rushed out the door when the bell rang.

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3. 3
   adjective

   Very busy, with little time to do everything.

   Like a morning when every minute is full and you can't slow down.

   I'm too rushed this morning to stop for coffee.

   She felt rushed all week because of the new project.

   Similarbusy, harried, hurried, pressed, hard-pressed

   Oppositerelaxed, unhurried, leisurely

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4. 4
   adjective

   Full of or covered with rushes, the tall grasslike plants that grow in wet ground.

   The wet corner of the field was thickly rushed, with tall green stems growing everywhere.

   Nobody has mowed the low meadow for years, and now it is densely rushed.

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