Speed: alternatives and connections

The act of accelerating, or the state of being accelerated; increase of motion or action; as, a falling body moves toward the earth with an accelerat…

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The keynote of the normal or "natural" scale, which has neither flats nor sharps in its signature; also, the third note of the relative minor scale o…

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A soft, earthy substance, of a white, grayish, or yellowish white color, consisting of calcium carbonate, and having the same composition as common l…

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A bent portion of an axle, or shaft, or an arm keyed at right angles to the end of a shaft, by which motion is imparted to or received from it; also…

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A hard, brittle, translucent, and commonly transparent substance, white or colored, having a conchoidal fracture, and made by fusing together sand or…

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The state of being gradual; gradualness.

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The quality or state of being gradual; regular progression or gradation; slowness.

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Celerity of motion; speed; swiftness; dispatch; expedition; -- applied only to voluntary beings, as men and other animals.

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The quality or state of being hasty; haste; precipitation; rashness; quickness of temper.

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To hasten; to impel to greater speed; to urge on.

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Water or other fluid frozen or reduced to the solid state by cold; frozen water. It is a white or transparent colorless substance, crystalline, britt…

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See Meathe.

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The act of precipitating, or the state of being precipitated, or thrown headlong.

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of Quicken

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To move swiftly; especially, to move as if driven forward by something.

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of Scud

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A rate of motion through the water sufficient to render a vessel governable by the helm.

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That which is worthless or useless; rubbish; refuse.

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To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.

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To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

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To make deep or deeper; to increase the depth of; to sink lower; as, to deepen a well or a channel.

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Tending to excite; exciting.

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Gone.

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To render more intense; as, to intensify heat or cold; to intensify colors; to intensify a photographic negative; to intensify animosity.

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To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms o…

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The act, process, or state of changing place or position; movement; the passing of a body from one place or position to another, whether voluntary or…

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To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

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The act of moving; change of place or posture; transference, by any means, from one situation to another; natural or appropriate motion; progress; ad…

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A single movement from one foot to the other in walking; a step.

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To chide with vehemence; to scold; to censure violently.

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The relation which one quantity or magnitude has to another of the same kind. It is expressed by the quotient of the division of the first by the sec…

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Serving to stimulate.

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To labor; to travail.

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A pleasure boat; a vessel or boat of state, elegantly furnished and decorated.

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Full of liveliness and activity; characterized by quickness of motion or action; lively; spirited; quick.

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Lye or suds in which cloth is soaked in the operation of bleaching, or in which clothes are washed.

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To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill.

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A pointed missile weapon, intended to be thrown by the hand; a short lance; a javelin; hence, any sharp-pointed missile weapon, as an arrow.

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To throw with violence or haste; to cause to strike violently or hastily; -- often used with against.

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To burst or break forth with a sudden and transient flood of flame and light; as, the lighting flashes vividly; the powder flashed.

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To sail; to float.

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To move with celerity through the air; to fly away with a rapid motion; to dart along; to fleet; as, a bird flits away; a cloud flits along.

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To vibrate or move quickly; as, a bird flutters its wings.

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To walk fast; to go quickly; to run hastily away.

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To move swiftly; especially, to move as if driven forward by something.

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An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, etc., are caused to slide; also, a narrow passage, either natural or artifi…

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A drop of the limpid, saline fluid secreted, normally in small amount, by the lachrymal gland, and diffused between the eye and the eyelids to moiste…

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To move or travel very quickly

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To abstain from food; to omit to take nourishment in whole or in part; to go hungry.

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To abstain from food; to omit to take nourishment in whole or in part; to go hungry.

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of Speed

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of Speed

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Not dilatory or slow; quick; swift; nimble; hasty; rapid in motion or performance; as, a speedy flight; on speedy foot.

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Not dilatory or slow; quick; swift; nimble; hasty; rapid in motion or performance; as, a speedy flight; on speedy foot.

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The quality or state of being swift; speed; quickness; celerity; velocity; rapidity; as, the swiftness of a bird; the swiftness of a stream; swiftnes…

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The quality or state of being swift; speed; quickness; celerity; velocity; rapidity; as, the swiftness of a bird; the swiftness of a stream; swiftnes…

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To abstain from food; to omit to take nourishment in whole or in part; to go hungry.

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To abstain from food; to omit to take nourishment in whole or in part; to go hungry.

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imp. of Slee, to slay. Slew.

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imp. of Slee, to slay. Slew.

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To make alive; to vivify; to revive or resuscitate, as from death or an inanimate state; hence, to excite; to, stimulate; to incite.

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To make alive; to vivify; to revive or resuscitate, as from death or an inanimate state; hence, to excite; to, stimulate; to incite.

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To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of; -- opposed to retard.

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The state of being fast and firm; firmness; fixedness; security; faithfulness.

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To press; to drive or urge forward; to push on; to precipitate; to accelerate the movement of; to expedite; to hurry.

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To hasten; to go in haste; -- also often with the reciprocal pronoun.

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In haste; foothot.

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To hasten; to impel to greater speed; to urge on.

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To make alive; to vivify; to revive or resuscitate, as from death or an inanimate state; hence, to excite; to, stimulate; to incite.

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To raze.

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A name given to many aquatic or marsh-growing endogenous plants with soft, slender stems, as the species of Juncus and Scirpus.

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of Speed

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The quality or state of being swift; speed; quickness; celerity; velocity; rapidity; as, the swiftness of a bird; the swiftness of a stream; swiftnes…

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Being further up, literally or figuratively; higher in place, position, rank, dignity, or the like; superior; as, the upper lip; the upper side of a…

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Quickness of motion; swiftness; speed; celerity; rapidity; as, the velocity of wind; the velocity of a planet or comet in its orbit or course; the ve…

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