English Explanatory Dictionary

hie

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To hasten; to go quickly, to hurry.
  2. To hurry (oneself).
  3. To urge (a horse) to the left with a cry of "hie".
intj
  1. A call to turn a horse to the left.

Pronunciation

/haɪ/ en-us-high.ogg En-uk-high.ogg

Word forms

hie hies hying hieing hied heye high

Etymology

From Middle English hien, hyen, highen, heiȝen, hiȝen, from Old English hīgian (“to hie, hasten, strive”), from Proto-West Germanic *hīgōn, from Proto-Germanic *hīgōną (“to breathe, snort”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱēygʰ- (“swift, fierce, violent”). Cognate with Dutch hijgen (“to pant”), German heichen (“to choke, gasp for breath”), Danish hige (“to aspire, long”), Latin cieō (“set in motion, invoke, provoke”), Ancient Greek κινέω (kinéō, “move, set in motion”).

Antonyms

hup

Derived words

overhie
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