speed
v.
cause to move quickly; accelerate; expedite, further; hurry, move quickly; drive faster than the legal speed limit; wish Godspeed to; succeed (Archaic)
n.
quickness; velocity; numerical indication of the sensitivity of film (Photography); transmission gear in a motor vehicle; amphetamine (Slang); something which appeals to a person (Slang)
Speed
Speed (disambiguation)
Speed is the rate of motion, change, or activity.Speed may also refer to: In media, leisure and culture:
Speed (film), a 1994 American film starring Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock
Speed (2007 film), a Bollywood film starring Zayed Khan and Urmila Matondkar
Speed (IMAX), an IMAX documentary
Speed (novel), a novel by William S. Burroughs Jr.
Speed (comics), a speedster and a new member of the Young Avengers
SPEED (band), a Japanese musical group
Speed (card game)Speed (song), a song by
Bond .
Speed (Oakwood), a roller coaster at Oakwood Theme Park in Wales
Speed (Nascar Café), a roller coaster at the Sahara hotel and casino
Speed metal, a subgenre of heavy metal music
SPEED Channel, an American TV channel"
Speed 3", an episode of the sitcom Father Ted
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speed
Noun
1. distance travelled per unit time
(synonym) velocity
(hypernym) rate
(hyponym) airspeed
2. a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens; "the project advanced with gratifying speed"
(synonym) swiftness, fastness
(hypernym) pace, rate
(hyponym) haste, hastiness, hurry, hurriedness, precipitation
(attribute) fast
(derivation) travel rapidly, hurry, zip
3. changing location rapidly
(synonym) speeding, hurrying
(hypernym) motion, movement, move
(hyponym) acceleration, quickening, speedup
(derivation) travel rapidly, hurry, zip
4. the ratio of the focal length to the diameter of a (camera) lens system
(synonym) focal ratio, f number, stop number
(hypernym) ratio
5. a central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and decreases appetite; used to treat narcolepsy and some forms of depression
(synonym) amphetamine, pep pill, upper
(hypernym) stimulant, stimulant drug
(hyponym) amphetamine sulfate, amphetamine sulphate
Verb
1. step on it; "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests"; "The cars raced down the street"
(synonym) rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along
(hypernym) travel, go, move, locomote
(hyponym) barge, thrust ahead, push forward
(see-also) accelerate, speed up, quicken
(derivation) velocity
2. move faster; "The car accelerated"
(synonym) accelerate, speed up, quicken
(hypernym) intensify, deepen
(hyponym) brisk, brisk up, brisken
(derivation) speeding, hurrying
3. travel at an excessive or illegal velocity; "I got a ticket for speeding"
(hypernym) travel, go, move, locomote
(derivation) speeding, hurrying
4. move very fast; "The runner zipped past us at breakneck speed"
(synonym) travel rapidly, hurry, zip
(hypernym) travel, go, move, locomote
(hyponym) flit, flutter, fleet, dart
(see-also) accelerate, speed up, quicken
(derivation) speeding, hurrying
5. cause to move faster; "He accelerated the car"
(synonym) accelerate, speed up
(hypernym) modify, qualify
(derivation) speeding, hurrying
speed (m)
n.
speed, quickness; velocity
Speed
(v. t.)
To wish success or god fortune to, in any undertaking, especially in setting out upon a journey.
(v. t.)
To hurry to destruction; to put an end to; to ruin; to undo.
(v. t.)
To hasten to a conclusion; to expedite.
(v. t.)
To cause to make haste; to dispatch with celerity; to drive at full speed; hence, to hasten; to hurry.
(v. t.)
To cause to be successful, or to prosper; hence, to aid; to favor.
(n.)
To make haste; to move with celerity.
(n.)
To go; to fare.
(n.)
To fare well; to have success; to prosper.
(n.)
To experience in going; to have any condition, good or ill; to fare.
(n.)
To be expedient.
(n.)
The act or state of moving swiftly; swiftness; velocity; rapidly; rate of motion; dispatch; as, the speed a horse or a vessel.
(n.)
Prosperity in an undertaking; favorable issue; success.
(n.)
One who, or that which, causes or promotes speed or success.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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