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Speed

noun

1.

Distance travelled per unit time. Synonym: velocity.

2.

A rate (usually rapid) at which something happens. Synonyms: fastness, swiftness.

3.

Changing location rapidly. Synonyms: hurrying, speeding.

4.

The ratio of the focal length to the diameter of a (camera) lens system. Synonyms: f number, focal ratio, stop number.

5.

A central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and decreases appetite; used to treat narcolepsy and some forms of depression. Synonyms: amphetamine, pep pill, upper.

verb

(past & past part. sped, speeded; pres. part. speeding)

1.

Move fast. Synonyms: belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, hasten, hie, hotfoot, pelt along, race, rush, rush along, step on it. "The cars raced down the street"

2.

Move faster. Synonyms: accelerate, quicken, speed up.

3.

Move very fast. Synonyms: hurry, travel rapidly, zip.

4.

Travel at an excessive or illegal velocity.

5.

Cause to move faster. Synonyms: accelerate, speed up.

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"Speed" Quotes from Famous Books

... make up a train. The rabble that had gained entrance to the yards were blocking their movements by throwing switches at the critical moment. As Sommers came up to the fence, the switching engine had been thrown into the wrong siding, and had bunted up at full speed against a milk car, sending the latter down the siding to the main track. It took the switch at a sharp pace, was derailed, and blocked the track. The crowd in the court gave a shout of delight. The switching engine had ...

— The Web of Life • Robert Herrick

... fellow their trail. They will not have over fifty animals all told, and there will be lots of feed left for us even if we keep close by. And we can get as much game as we need any time, for we can use but little. One pack horse will carry all our stuff, and still be able to travel at speed, if need be." ...

— Wild Bill's Last Trail • Ned Buntline

... at home,' she said, and gave the mare the rein, increasing her speed as we approached the house. Before I reached the little gate she had given her up to the gardener, who had been on the look-out ...

— Wilfrid Cumbermede • George MacDonald

... a man across the firth to the stead where Hall of Lithdale sat, bidding him to come to her at speed. ...

— Eric Brighteyes • H. Rider Haggard

... primarily is said to be derived from the halt which a dog makes in hunting, when he pauses to sniff the air in order to see in which way the scent lies. Having done this, he starts off again with redoubled speed. Both these words in themselves suggest the place that the things which they signify should occupy in life. They are for the refreshing of our strength, in ...

— Life and Conduct • J. Cameron Lees

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