Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
HURRYING
hurrying, scurrying
(adjective) moving with great haste; “affection for this hurrying driving...little man”; “lashed the scurrying horses”
speed, speeding, hurrying
(noun) changing location rapidly
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
hurrying
present participle of hurry
Noun
hurrying (plural hurryings)
The act of one who hurries; hasty motion.
Source: Wiktionary
HURRY
Hur"ry, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hurried; p. pr. & vb. n. Hurrying.] Etym: [OE. horien; cf. OSw. hurra to whirl round, dial. Sw. hurr great haste, Dan. hurre to buzz, Icel. hurr hurly-burly, MHG. hurren to hurry, and E. hurr, whir to hurry; all prob. of imitative origin.]
1. To hasten; to impel to greater speed; to urge on. Impetuous lust hurries him on. South. They hurried him abroad a bark. Shak.
2. To impel to precipitate or thoughtless action; to urge to confused or irregular activity. And wild amazement hurries up and down The little number of your doubtful friends. Shak.
3. To cause to be done quickly.
Syn.
– To hasten; precipitate; expedite; quicken; accelerate; urge.
Hur"ry, v. i.
Definition: To move or act with haste; to proceed with celerity or precipitation; as, let us hurry. To hurry up, to make haste. [Colloq.]
Hur"ry, n.
Definition: The act of hurrying in motion or business; pressure; urgency; bustle; confusion. Ambition raises a tumult in the soul, it inflames the mind, and puts into a violent hurry of thought. Addison.
Syn.
– Haste; speed; dispatch. See Haste.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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