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quickening::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | acceleration, speedup |
| Type of | hurrying, speeding, speed |
| Derivation | quicken |
quickening::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | biological process, organic process |
the quickening of seed that will become ripe grain.
Examples of quickening
quickening
The peloton was quickening by the second, and Cavendish risked getting boxed in.
From the telegraph.co.uk
You paper over the fact that in common law abortion was illegal after quickening.
From the economist.com
From his vantage-point he had a clear view of the quickening rush of departure.
From the gutenberg.org
The agencies already have consumed $148 billion, and their losses are quickening.
From the washingtontimes.com
Instead the pace at which he is running out of friends seems to be quickening.
From the economist.com
If you scrutinize this quickening pace, though, you're bound to get disillusioned.
From the dailyherald.com
The FOMC met after a week of reports suggesting economic growth is quickening.
From the bloomberg.com
A Belfast-Dublin high-speed train would be useful in quickening journey times.
From the en.wikipedia.org
If you scrutinise this quickening pace, though, you're bound to get disillusioned.
From the independent.co.uk
- Accelerate: move faster; "The car accelerated"
- Whet: make keen or more acute; "whet my appetite"
- Give life or energy to; "The cold water invigorated him"
- Show signs of life; "the fetus quickened"
- Animate: give new life or energy to; "A hot soup will revive me"; "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my health"
- Quicken is a personal finance management tool developed by Intuit, Inc. Quicken runs on Windows and Macintosh systems. Previous versions ran on DOS. An online version is also available. ...
- The European rowan tree; To give life to; to animate, make alive, revive. [from 14th c.]; To come back to life, receive life. [from 14th c.]; To make quicker; to hasten, speed up. [from 17th c.]; To become faster. [from 17th c.]
- A provider of financial and business management software.
- To awaken, coming to life
