make+haste
31haste — 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… …
32haste — {{11}}haste (n.) early 13c., from O.Fr. haste haste, urgency, hastiness (12c., Mod.Fr. háte), from Frankish *haifst violence, from W.Gmc. *haifstiz (Cf. Goth. haifsts strife, O.E. hæste violent, vehement, impetuous ). To make haste is recorded by …
33haste — hasteful, adj. hastefully, adv. hasteless, adj. hastelessness, n. /hayst/, n., v., hasted, hasting. n. 1. swiftness of motion; speed; celerity: He performed his task with great haste. They felt the need for haste. 2. urgent need of quick action;… …
34haste — noun (U) 1 great speed in doing something, especially because you do not have enough time: I soon regretted my haste. | in your haste to do sth: In his haste to leave he forgot his briefcase. 2 in haste quickly or in a hurry: They left in haste,… …
35haste — 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 …
36haste — [[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 <… …
37haste — /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.… …
38haste — 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 …
39haste — noun excessive speed or urgency of action. verb archaic term for hasten. Phrases make haste dated hurry; hasten. Origin ME: from OFr. haste (n.), haster (v.), of Gmc origin …
40make — see make hay while the sun shines as you make your bed, so you must lie upon it you cannot make bricks without straw clothes make the man make haste slowly if you don’t make mistakes you don’t make anything …
