QUICKEN as VERB

  1. Meaning
    • give new life or energy to
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • A hot soup will revive me
    • This will renovate my spirits
    • This treatment repaired my health
    Hypernyms(s) quicken is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Derived(s)
  2. Meaning
    • show signs of life
    Usage Example(s)
    • the fetus quickened
    Hypernyms(s) quicken is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Derived(s)
  3. Meaning
    • move faster
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • The car accelerated
    Hypernyms(s) quicken is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Antonym(s) Hyponym(s) Derived(s)
  4. Meaning
    • give life or energy to
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • The cold water invigorated him
    Hypernyms(s) quicken is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Derived(s)
  5. Meaning
    • make keen or more acute
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • whet my appetite
    Hypernyms(s) quicken is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower