Dictionary Entry
urge
urge is a 4-letter English word with 13 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward. Face value is 5 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 5 · Words With Friends 7 · 13 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward.
- 2transitive verb
To press the mind or will of; to ply with motives, arguments, persuasion, or importunity.
- 3transitive verb
To provoke; to exasperate.
- 4transitive verb
To press hard upon; to follow closely
- 5transitive verb
To present in an urgent manner; to press upon attention; to insist upon; as, to urge an argument; to urge the necessity of a case.
- 6transitive verb
To treat with forcible means; to take severe or violent measures with; as, to urge an ore with intense heat.
- 7intransitive verb
To press onward or forward.
- 8intransitive verb
To be pressing in argument; to insist; to persist.
- 9noun
a strong restless desire
"why this urge to travel?"
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- 10noun
an instinctive motive
"profound religious impulses"
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- 11verb
force or impel in an indicated direction
"I urged him to finish his studies"
- 12verb
spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts
"The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers"
- 13verb
push for something
"The travel agent recommended strongly that we not travel on Thanksgiving Day"
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