Associations to the word «Quicken»
Noun
- Pace
- Pulse
- Loan
- Arena
- Tristan
- Heartbeat
- Cleveland
- Philips
- Fargo
- Trot
- Td
- Irving
- Cavalier
- Auburn
- Background
- Stride
- Furlong
- Jarrett
- Pepsi
- Tempo
- Ramon
- Gait
- Clipper
- Orlando
- Sessions
- Laker
- Respiration
- Derrick
- Milwaukee
- Dion
- Breath
- Staple
- Gallop
- Womb
- Footstep
- Throbbing
- Step
- Imagination
- Gee
- Eagerness
- Zeal
- Bradley
- Waiter
- Conscience
- Exertion
- Freshness
- Beating
- Anticipation
- Appetite
- Excitement
- Nikola
- Intellect
- Detroit
- Thrill
- Gladiator
- Stir
- Memphis
- Chesapeake
- Vigour
- Sacramento
- Raptor
- Vein
- Thompson
- Augustin
- Charlotte
- Rapidity
- Toyota
- Heart
- Brandon
- Curiosity
- Banker
- Mo
- Airline
Wiktionary
QUICKEN, verb. (transitive) (now literary) To give life to; to animate, make alive, revive. [from 14thc.]
QUICKEN, verb. (intransitive) (now literary) To come back to life, receive life. [from 14thc.]
QUICKEN, verb. (intransitive) To take on a state of activity or vigour comparable to life; to be roused, excited. [from 15thc.]
QUICKEN, verb. (intransitive) Of a pregnant woman: to first feel the movements of the foetus, or reach the stage of pregnancy at which this takes place; of a foetus: to begin to move. [from 16thc.]
QUICKEN, verb. (transitive) To make quicker; to hasten, speed up. [from 17thc.]
QUICKEN, verb. (intransitive) To become faster. [from 17thc.]
QUICKEN, verb. (shipbuilding) To shorten the radius of (a curve); to make (a curve) sharper.
QUICKEN, noun. (now chiefly Northern England) The European rowan, Sorbus aucuparia. [from 15th c.]
Dictionary definition
QUICKEN, verb. Move faster; "The car accelerated".
QUICKEN, verb. Make keen or more acute; "whet my appetite".
QUICKEN, verb. Give life or energy to; "The cold water invigorated him".
QUICKEN, verb. Show signs of life; "the fetus quickened".
QUICKEN, verb. Give new life or energy to; "A hot soup will revive me"; "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my health".
Wise words
It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more
value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an
idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words,
but a great deal in a few.