Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To make more rapid.
- intransitive verb To cause (a body or soul, for example) to become alive; vitalize.
- intransitive verb To excite and stimulate; stir.
- intransitive verb To become more rapid. synonym: speed.
- intransitive verb To come or return to life, as a soul.
- intransitive verb To become excited or stimulated.
- intransitive verb To reach the stage of pregnancy when the fetus can be felt to move.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In naval architecture, to give a greater curve to.
- noun The couch- or quitch-grass, Agropyrum (Triticum) repens. Also
quickens . - noun Same as
quick-beam . - To become quick or alive; receive life.
- To become quick or lively; become more active or sensitive.
- To enter that state of pregnancy in which the child gives indications of life; begin to manifest signs of life in the womb: said of the mother or the child. The motion of the fetus is first felt by the mother usually about the eighteenth week of pregnancy.
- To make quick or alive; vivify; revive or resuscitate, as from death or an inanimate state.
- To revive; cheer; reinvigorate; refresh.
- To make quick or speedy; hasten; accelerate: as, to
quicken motion, speed, or flight. - To sharpen; give keener perception to; stimulate; incite: as, to
quicken the appetite or taste; to quicken desires. - To work with yeast.
- Synonyms To expedite, hurry, speed.
- To excite, animate.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To make alive; to vivify; to revive or resuscitate, as from death or an inanimate state; hence, to excite; to, stimulate; to incite.
- transitive verb To make lively, active, or sprightly; to impart additional energy to; to stimulate; to make quick or rapid; to hasten; to accelerate
- transitive verb (Shipbuilding) To shorten the radius of (a curve); to make (a curve) sharper.
- intransitive verb To come to life; to become alive; to become vivified or enlivened; hence, to exhibit signs of life; to move, as the fetus in the womb.
- intransitive verb To move with rapidity or activity; to become accelerated.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The European rowan tree.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb make keen or more acute
- verb move faster
- verb show signs of life
- verb give new life or energy to
- verb give life or energy to
Etymologies
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Examples
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Pick up the phone and call quicken loans, ask for Bryan B.
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Gandhi said that the purpose of nonviolent action is to "quicken" the conscience of humankind.
Coleen Rowley: Gaza Freedom March Set for Minneapolis on Dec. 30 and for Gaza on Dec. 31
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In most factories it is usual to "quicken" the objects to be silvered before placing them in the electrolysis vats, because the deposit is said to adhere better in consequence of this treatment.
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We shall not 'quicken' our fellows unless we 'die,' either literally or by the not less real martyrdom of rigid self-crucifixion and suppression.
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Dictionary, to "quicken" means "to reach the stage of pregnancy at which the child shows signs of life."
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Dictionary, to "quicken" means "to reach the stage of pregnancy at which the child shows signs of life."
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Gandhi said that the purpose of nonviolent action is to "quicken" the conscience of humankind.
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Gandhi said that the purpose of nonviolent action is to "quicken" the conscience of humankind.
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And just the thought of taking her to bed made his blood quicken and his good sense vanish.
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Blue Coat began life in 1996 as CacheFlow Inc., which sold appliances to businesses that quicken Web-page delivery, among other things.
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