| urge | (n) an instinctive motive, Syn. impulse, Example: profound religious impulses |
| urge | (n) a strong restless desire, Syn. itch, Example: why this urge to travel? |
| urge | (v) force or impel in an indicated direction, Syn. exhort, urge on, press, Example: I urged him to finish his studies |
| urge incontinence | (n) urinary incontinence that is generally attributable to involuntary contracts of the bladder muscle resulting in an urgent need to urinate accompanied by a sudden loss of urine; most common in people over 60 years of age |
| urgency | (n) the state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity |
| urgency | (n) pressing importance requiring speedy action, Example: the urgency of his need |
| urgency | (n) an urgent situation calling for prompt action, Example: I'll be there, barring any urgencies; they departed hurriedly because of some great urgency in their affairs |
| urgently | (adv) with great urgency, Syn. desperately, Example: health care reform is needed urgently; the soil desperately needed potash |
| urginea | (n) Mediterranean liliaceous plants; sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae, Syn. genus Urginea |
| urging | (n) the act of earnestly supporting or encouraging |
| Urge | v. i. |
| Urge | v. t. Through the thick deserts headlong urged his flight. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ] My brother never Urge not my father's anger. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] Heir urges heir, like wave impelling wave. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Urgence | n. Urgency. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Urgency | n. [ Cf. F. urgence. ] The quality or condition of being urgent; insistence; pressure; |
| Urgent | a. [ L. urgens, p. pr. of urgere: cf. F. urgent. See Urge. ] Urging; pressing; besetting; plying, with importunity; calling for immediate attention; instantly important. “The urgent hour.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] Some urgent cause to ordain the contrary. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ] The Egyptians were urgent upon the people that they might send them out of the land in haste. Ex. xii. 33. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Urgently | adv. In an urgent manner. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Urger | n. One who urges. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Urgeschichte { f }; Vorgeschichte { f } | prehistory [Add to Longdo] |
| Urgestein { n } | prehistoric rock; primary rocks [Add to Longdo] |
| Urgewalt { f } | elemental force [Add to Longdo] |
| Urgroßmutter { f } | great grandmother [Add to Longdo] |
| Urgroßvater { m } | great grandfather [Add to Longdo] |
| urgemütlich { adj } | really comfortable; extremely cosy [Add to Longdo] |
| urgewaltig { adj } | elemental [Add to Longdo] |
| Urgenz { f }; Harndrang { m } [ med. ] | urgency [Add to Longdo] |