What does hie mean?

Definitions for hie
haɪhie

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along, step on itverb

    move fast

    "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests"; "The cars raced down the street"

Wiktionary

  1. hienoun

    Haste; diligence.

  2. hieverb

    To hasten; to go quickly, to hurry.

  3. hieverb

    To hurry (oneself).

  4. Etymology: Reflecting an earlier regularised form *hijai, from hīz, masculine plural of hiz, from k'e-. Cognate with Old Frisian hia, Old Saxon im, Old Saxon iro. More at he.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To Hieverb

    Etymology: hiegan, Saxon.

    When they had mark’d the changed skies,
    They wist their hour was spent; then each to rest him hies. Fairy Queen, b. ii. cant. 2.

    In a fair moon-shine night thither he hieth to dig it up. Richard Carew, Survey of Cornwall.

    My will is even this,
    That presently you hie you home to bed. William Shakespeare.

    Well, I will hie,
    And so bestow these papers as you bade me. William Shakespeare, Ju. Cæs.

    Some to the shores do fly,
    Some to the woods, or whither fear advis’d;
    But running from, all to destruction hie. Samuel Daniel, Civ. War.

    The snake no sooner hist,
    But virtue heard it, and away she hy’d. Richard Crashaw.

    Thither, full fraught with mischievous revenge,
    Accurs’d, and in a cursed hour, he hies. John Milton, Parad. Lost.

    Thus he advis’d me, on yon aged tree
    Hang up thy lute, and hie thee to the sea. Edmund Waller.

    The youth, returning to his mistress, hies. Dryden.

    Auster spy’d him;
    Cruel Auster thither hy’d him. Richard Crashaw.

ChatGPT

  1. hie

    HIE might refer to Health Information Exchange, which is the process of electronically sharing patient medical information, such as lab results, clinical data, or images, among healthcare providers in real-time, to improve the speed, quality, safety, and cost of patient care. It allows doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and other healthcare providers to appropriately access and securely share a patient's vital medical information electronically.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Hieverb

    to hasten; to go in haste; -- also often with the reciprocal pronoun

  2. Hienoun

    haste; diligence

  3. Etymology: [OE. hien, hihen, highen, AS. higian to hasten, strive; cf. L. ciere to put in motion, call upon, rouse, Gr. to go, E. cite.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Hie

    hī, v.i. to hasten.—v.t. to urge on: pass quickly over:—pr.p. hie′ing; pa.p. hied. [A.S. hígian.]

  2. Hie

    High, hī, n. (prov.) the call to a horse to turn to the left:—opposite of Hup.

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  1. HIE

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. HIE

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Hie is ranked #129825 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Hie surname appeared 131 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Hie.

    44.2% or 58 total occurrences were White.
    22.9% or 30 total occurrences were Asian.
    21.3% or 28 total occurrences were Black.
    6.1% or 8 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    5.3% or 7 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of hie in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of hie in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

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