rushes

1. 1
   verb

   Third-person singular present of rush.

   The river rushes past the old mill with surprising force.

   Every December the store rushes to fill last-minute orders.

   Note

   A present-tense form that works both with and without an object. Without one, it describes motion or haste: water rushes past, a crowd rushes forward. With one, it means making something or someone move faster: a manager rushes an order, or rushes a new hire into the job. Rushes into often signals acting without thinking carefully, as in she rushes into decisions.

2. 2
   noun

   Plural of rush.

   Tall green rushes lined the muddy edge of the marsh.

   She felt several rushes of adrenaline during the climb.

   Note

   A regular plural that takes -es because the stem ends in -sh. It counts the noun's sudden movements: rushes of adrenaline, rushes of water, repeated onslaughts, or a strategy-game swarm sent in again and again. The same spelling also serves the present-tense verb (the river rushes), and in film work it names a crew's raw footage, a sense that has no singular at all.

3. 3
   nounplural

   Unedited footage; the raw film material exactly as it was recorded, before any cutting or editing.

   Like a chef's pile of raw ingredients before any cooking or plating happens.

   Every evening the crew gathered to review the day's rushes.

   The editor flagged several promising takes while combing through the rushes.

   Similardailies

   Note

   A production word that exists only in the plural: a crew reviews the rushes, never a rush. The footage is printed or transferred straight after shooting and screened soon afterward, so the director and crew can check performances, exposure and continuity before editing begins. Dailies names the same thing, and the two can be swapped freely.

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