Speed
91speed — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. haste, hasten, hurry, accelerate. n. velocity, dispatch, expedition, swiftness. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. swiftness, celerity, briskness, activity, eagerness, haste, hurry, promptitude, acceleration …
92speed — • hastighet, snabbhet, fart, skyndsamhet, speed …
93speed — [OE] Speed originally meant ‘success, prosperity’ – and when you wish someone Godspeed, you are wishing them ‘good fortune’. Largely, though, it is the secondary sense ‘quickness’, which first emerged in the late Old English period, that has… …
94speed\ up — v To go faster than before; also, to make go faster. The car speeded up when it reached the country. Push in the throttle to speed up the engine. Compare: pick up(12) Contrast: slow down …
95speed — spɪËd n. quickness; velocity; numerical indication of the sensitivity of film (Photography); transmission gear in a motor vehicle; amphetamine (Slang); something which appeals to a person (Slang) v. cause to move quickly; accelerate; expedite,… …
96speed up — go faster, accelerate, step on it Don t speed up when you come to an intersection. Slow down! …
97speed — an illegal stimulant Usually amphetamine. To speed, punning on driving a car above the legal limit, is to take such a substance illegally: They were speeding and tripping at the same time. (Deighton, 1972 to trip is to ingest a… …
98speed up — move or work more quickly. → speed …
99speed up — Syn: hurry up, accelerate, go faster, get a move on, put a spurt on, pick up speed; informal step on it …
100Speed — VP This term refers to the moment shortly after you press the record button when a camera has finished its pre roll and reached the necessary speed to record both video and audio efficiently …
