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Detailed Synonyms for quickening in English

quickening:

quickening [the ~] nom

  1. the quickening
    – the act of accelerating; increasing the speed 1
    the acceleration; the quickening; the speedup
    – the act of accelerating; increasing the speed 1
  2. the quickening
    – the process of showing signs of life 1
    the quickening
    – the process of showing signs of life 1
    • quickening [the ~] nom
      • the quickening of seed that will become ripe grain1
  3. the quickening
    – the stage of pregnancy at which the mother first feels the movements of the fetus 1
    the quickening
    – the stage of pregnancy at which the mother first feels the movements of the fetus 1

Alternate Synonyms for "quickening":


Antonyms for "quickening":


Related Definitions for "quickening":

  1. the act of accelerating; increasing the speed1
  2. the process of showing signs of life1
    • the quickening of seed that will become ripe grain1
  3. the stage of pregnancy at which the mother first feels the movements of the fetus1

quicken:

to quicken verbe (quickens, quickened, quickening)

  1. to quicken
    to accelerate; to speed up; to quicken; to hasten
    • accelerate verbe (accelerates, accelerated, accelerating)
    • speed up verbe (speeds up, speeded up, speeding up)
    • quicken verbe (quickens, quickened, quickening)
    • hasten verbe (hastens, hastened, hastening)
  2. to quicken
    – give new life or energy to 1
    to revive; to repair; to animate; to renovate; to quicken; vivify; recreate; revivify; reanimate
    – give new life or energy to 1
    • revive verbe (revives, revived, reviving)
      • A hot soup will revive me1
    • repair verbe (repairs, repaired, repairing)
      • This treatment repaired my health1
    • animate verbe (animates, animated, animating)
    • renovate verbe (renovates, renovated, renovating)
      • This will renovate my spirits1
    • quicken verbe (quickens, quickened, quickening)
    • vivify verbe
    • recreate verbe
    • revivify verbe
    • reanimate verbe
  3. to quicken
    – show signs of life 1
    to quicken
    – show signs of life 1
    • quicken verbe (quickens, quickened, quickening)
      • the fetus quickened1
  4. to quicken
    – move faster 1
    to accelerate; to speed; to speed up; to quicken
    – move faster 1
    • accelerate verbe (accelerates, accelerated, accelerating)
      • The car accelerated1
    • speed verbe (speeds, speeded, speeding)
    • speed up verbe (speeds up, speeded up, speeding up)
    • quicken verbe (quickens, quickened, quickening)
  5. to quicken
    – give life or energy to 1
    to invigorate; to quicken
    – give life or energy to 1
    • invigorate verbe (invigorates, invigorated, invigorating)
      • The cold water invigorated him1
    • quicken verbe (quickens, quickened, quickening)
  6. to quicken
    – make keen or more acute 1
    to whet; to quicken
    – make keen or more acute 1
    • whet verbe (whets, whetted, whetting)
      • whet my appetite1
    • quicken verbe (quickens, quickened, quickening)

Conjugations for quicken:

present
  1. quicken
  2. quicken
  3. quickens
  4. quicken
  5. quicken
  6. quicken
simple past
  1. quickened
  2. quickened
  3. quickened
  4. quickened
  5. quickened
  6. quickened
present perfect
  1. have quickened
  2. have quickened
  3. has quickened
  4. have quickened
  5. have quickened
  6. have quickened
past continuous
  1. was quickening
  2. were quickening
  3. was quickening
  4. were quickening
  5. were quickening
  6. were quickening
future
  1. shall quicken
  2. will quicken
  3. will quicken
  4. shall quicken
  5. will quicken
  6. will quicken
continuous present
  1. am quickening
  2. are quickening
  3. is quickening
  4. are quickening
  5. are quickening
  6. are quickening
subjunctive
  1. be quickened
  2. be quickened
  3. be quickened
  4. be quickened
  5. be quickened
  6. be quickened
diverse
  1. quicken!
  2. let's quicken!
  3. quickened
  4. quickening
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

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Alternate Synonyms for "quicken":


Antonyms for "quicken":


Related Definitions for "quicken":

  1. give new life or energy to1
  2. show signs of life1
    • the fetus quickened1
  3. move faster1
  4. give life or energy to1
  5. make keen or more acute1