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hies

hies is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hie.

Meaning of hie

Verb

hie (third-person singular simple present hies, present participle hying or hieing, simple past and past participle hied)

  1. (intransitive, poetic) To hasten; to go quickly, to hurry.
    • But after her lover Amyntas hied.1599, “Fair Phyllis”, John Farmer (music)
  2. (poetic, reflexive) To hurry (oneself).
    • My husband hies him home.c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
  3. (transitive) To urge (a horse) to the left with a cry of "hie".
    Antonyms:
    hup

See all 4 meanings of hie

Proper noun capitalized: HIES

HIES

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of hyperimmunoglobulin E syndrome.

Words that rhyme with hies

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Questions about hies

What is hies the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Hies is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hie.
What part of speech is hies?
Hies is a proper noun.

Words near hies in the dictionary

  1. hierourgy
  2. hierurgical
  3. hierurgically
  4. hierurgies
  5. hierurgy
  6. hies
  7. hieschi
  8. Hiestand
  9. Hiestands
  10. Hiester
  11. Hiesters

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