Definition of "haste" in English

noun

1. Speed; swiftness; dispatch.

   • We were running late so we finished our meal in haste.

2. (obsolete) Urgency; sudden excitement of feeling or passion; precipitance; vehemence.

verb

1. (transitive, archaic) To urge onward; to hasten.

2. (intransitive, archaic) To move with haste.