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Definition of "hying" [hying]

  • A present participle of hie. (verb)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "hying" in a sentence
  • "Calling out and hying toward him, she looked more agitated than Spock had ever seen her."
  • "They had accomplished their purpose greatly to their satisfaction, and were hying home after sunset, when they were encountered by a country fellow — a sort of Harry Jekyl in his way — who, being equipped with a glass or two of whisky, saw not the nobility of blood through her disguise, and accosted the daughter of"
  • "He informed her of their reason for hying to Fowey as he held her stirrup for her."
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