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quicken
  1. (literary) To give life to; to animate, make alive, revive. [from 14th c.]
  2. (literary) To come back to life, receive life. [from 14th c.]
  3. (intransitive) To take on a state of activity or vigour comparable to life; to be roused, excited. [from 15th c.]
  4. (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 16th c.]
  5. (transitive) To make quicker; to hasten, speed up. [from 17th c.]
  6. (intransitive) To become faster. [from 17th c.]
  7. (shipbuilding) To shorten the radius of (a curve); to make (a curve) sharper.
  8. Synonyms:
      9. accelerate, hasten, hurry, rush, advance, expedite, get faster, go faster, pick up speed, speed, speed up, fast-track, gee up, hurry up, rev up, step up, make haste, smarten, increase speed, gather speed, pick up the pace, increase, pick up, precipitate, facilitate, aid, assist, press, help, boost, urge, dispatch, whisk, goad, bundle, rev, spur on, roll, urge on, make faster, move faster, gain momentum, crank up, hurry on, push forward, get cracking, get moving, drive faster, step on it, get a move on … more
  9. Examples:
      10. “His pulse starts to quicken, and his head swims as he battles an irresistible compulsion to sit down as ordered.”
      “The new plans aim to quicken the development of land by the river banks.”
      “Yet, obviously, such transference might quicken interest and offer other ways of thinking about a subject.”
quick
  1. (transitive) To amalgamate surfaces prior to gilding or silvering by dipping them into a solution of mercury in nitric acid.
  2. (transitive, archaic, poetic) To quicken.
fast
  1. (intransitive) To restrict one’s personal consumption, generally of food, but sometimes other things, in various manners (totally, temporally, by avoiding particular items), often for religious or medical reasons.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. abstain from food, go hungry, abstain, deny oneself food, eat nothing, go without food, refrain from eating, refrain from food, starve oneself, deny oneself, diet, macerate, refrain, starve, famish, forbear, practise abstention, not eat, go on hunger strike … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “I fast intermittently as I believe that doing so will benefit my health.”
quickens
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quicken
  2. Synonyms:
      3. accelerates, hastens, hurries, rushes, advances, expedites, gets faster, goes faster, picks up speed, speeds, speeds up, fast-tracks, gees up, hurries up, revs up, steps up, makes haste, precipitates, presses, pushes forward, furthers, increases speed, picks up the pace, gathers speed, facilitates, assists, aids, helps, boosts, urges, dispatches, goads, whisks, bundles, spurs on, urges on, makes faster, cranks up, hurries on, eases, drives, forwards, impels … more
quickening
  1. present participle of quicken
  2. Synonyms:
      3. exciting, thrilling, exhilarating, rousing, stirring, animating, enlivening, enthusing, stimulating, delighting, inspiring, inspiriting, invigorating, moving, elating, lifting, vitalizing, buoying, charging, electrifying, enrapturing, galvanizing, gladdening, gripping, heartening, intoxicating, pumping up, tickling, uplifting, bucking up, energising, energizing, envigorating, galvanising, gingering up, jazzing up, livening up, pepping up, perking up, picking up, stirring up, evoking, firing, getting going, giving someone a buzz, giving someone a charge, giving someone a kick, lighting a fire under, putting zip into, tickling someone pink … more
fasting
  1. present participle of fast
  2. Synonyms:
      3. abstaining from food, going hungry, abstaining, denying oneself food, eating nothing, going without food, refraining from eating, refraining from food, starving oneself, denying oneself, dieting, macerating, refraining, starving, famishing, forbearing, practising abstention, not eating, going on hunger strike … more
quickeneth
  1. (archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative form of quicken
fasts
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fast
  2. Synonyms:
      3. abstains from food, goes hungry, abstains, denies oneself food, eats nothing, goes without food, refrains from eating, refrains from food, starves oneself, denies oneself, diets, macerates, refrains, starves, famishes, forbears, practises abstention, goes on hunger strike … more
quickenest
  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present form of quicken
quickened
  1. simple past tense and past participle of quicken
  2. Synonyms:
      3. led, caused, brought on, brought about, gave rise to, produced, effected, created, engendered, generated, triggered, promoted, advanced, precipitated, prompted, contributed to, furthered, hastened, accelerated, initiated, provoked, occasioned, pushed forward, expedited, sped up, speeded up, induced, stirred up, sparked off, stimulated, helped, set off, added to, called forth, spurred, instigated, begat, begot, set in motion, put in motion, touched off, triggered off, drove, contributed, fomented, made happen, risked, aroused, elicited, brought to pass … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The bandsmen, all dressed in their serious splendour, played at a determined pace, which quickened the pulse.”
      “He heard the raucous shouts and the rhythmic twist of the dance accompaniment as he turned into the alley, and he quickened his pace.”
      “Starting to feel desperate, she opened the water bag and drank heavily as her pace quickened.”
fastest
  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present form of fast
quicked
  1. simple past tense and past participle of quick
fasted
  1. simple past tense and past participle of fast
  2. Synonyms:
      3. abstained from food, went hungry, gone hungry, abstained, denied oneself food, ate nothing, eaten nothing, went without food, gone without food, refrained from eating, refrained from food, starved oneself, denied oneself, dieted, macerated, refrained, starved, starf, storven, famished, forbore, forborne, practised abstention, not ate, went on hunger strike, gone on hunger strike … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Muslims prayed, fasted, and performed charitable acts from Oct 15 to Nov 14 for Ramadan.”
      “A set meal was given at lunch time after the supplement to subjects who had fasted overnight.”
      “And since last night, the bearded mentor had sequestered himself in his prayer closet, taking only water as he fasted.”
quicking
  1. present participle of quick
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