accelerate, speed up, speed, quicken
(verb) move faster; “The car accelerated”
accelerate, speed, speed up
(verb) cause to move faster; “He accelerated the car”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
accelerate (third-person singular simple present accelerates, present participle accelerating, simple past and past participle accelerated)
(transitive) To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of.
(transitive) To quicken the natural or ordinary progression or process of.
(transitive, physics) To cause a change of velocity.
(transitive) To hasten, as the occurrence of an event.
(transitive, education) To enable a student to finish a course of study in less than normal time.
(intransitive) To become faster; to begin to move more quickly.
(intransitive) Grow; increase.
(obsolete) Alternative form of accelerated
• (to cause to move faster): hasten, quicken, speed up; see also speed up
• (to quicken progress): expedite, further,
• (to hasten the occurrence of an event): advance, forward
• decelerate
• retard
• unaccelerate
accelerate
(rare) Accelerated; quickened; hastened; hurried.
Source: Wiktionary
Ac*cel"er*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Accelerated; p. pr. & vb. n. Accelerating.] Etym: [L. acceleratus, p. p. of accelerare; ad + celerare to hasten; celer quick. See Celerity.]
1. To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of; -- opposed to retard.
2. To quicken the natural or ordinary progression or process of; as, to accelerate the growth of a plant, the increase of wealth, etc.
3. To hasten, as the occurence of an event; as, to accelerate our departure. Accelerated motion (Mech.), motion with a continually increasing velocity.
– Accelerating force, the force which causes accelerated motion. Nichol.
Syn.
– To hasten; expedite; quicken; dispatch; forward; advance; further.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
16 May 2025
(adjective) marked by columniation having free columns in porticoes either at both ends or at both sides of a structure
Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, the seeds of berries from certain Coffea species. When coffee berries turn from green to bright red – indicating ripeness – they are picked, processed, and dried. Dried coffee seeds are roasted to varying degrees, depending on the desired flavor.
