[syn: accelerate, speed, speed up]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Speed \Speed\, n. [AS. sp?d success, swiftness, from sp?wan to
succeed; akin to D. spoedd, OHG. spuot success, spuot to
succees, Skr. sph[=a] to increase, grow fat. [root]170b.]
1. Prosperity in an undertaking; favorable issue; success.
"For common speed." --Chaucer.
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O Lord God of my master Abraham, I pray thee, send
me good speed this day. --Gen. xxiv.
12.
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2. The act or state of moving swiftly; swiftness; velocity;
rapidly; rate of motion; dispatch; as, the speed a horse
or a vessel.
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Speed, to describe whose swiftness number fails.
--Milton.
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Note: In kinematics, speedis sometimes used to denote the
amount of velocity without regard to direction of
motion, while velocity is not regarded as known unless
both the direction and the amount are known.
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3. One who, or that which, causes or promotes speed or
success. [Obs.] "Hercules be thy speed!" --Shak.
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God speed, Good speed; prosperity. See Godspeed.
Speed gauge, Speed indicator, & Speed recorder (Mach.),
devices for indicating or recording the rate of a body's
motion, as the number of revolutions of a shaft in a given
time.
Speed lathe (Mach.), a power lathe with a rapidly revolving
spindle, for turning small objects, for polishing, etc.; a
hand lathe.
Speed pulley, a cone pulley with steps.
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Syn: Haste; swiftness; celerity; quickness; dispatch;
expedition; hurry; acceleration. See Haste.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Speed \Speed\ (sp[=e]d), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sped (sp[e^]d),
Speeded; p. pr. & vb. n. Speeding.] [AS. sp[=e]dan, fr.
sp[=e]d, n.; akin to D. spoeden, G. sich sputen. See Speed,
n.]
1. To go; to fare. [Obs.]
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To warn him now he is too farre sped. --Remedy of
Love.
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2. To experience in going; to have any condition, good or
ill; to fare. --Shak.
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Ships heretofore in seas like fishes sped;
The mightiest still upon the smallest fed. --Waller.
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3. To fare well; to have success; to prosper.
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Save London, and send true lawyers their meed!
For whoso wants money with them shall not speed!
--Lydgate.
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I told ye then he should prevail, and speed
On his bad errand. --Milton.
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4. To make haste; to move with celerity.
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I have speeded hither with the very extremest inch
of possibility. --Shak.
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5. To be expedient. [Obs.] --Wyclif (2 Cor. xii. 1.)
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Speed \Speed\, v. t.
1. To cause to be successful, or to prosper; hence, to aid;
to favor. "Fortune speed us!" --Shak.
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With rising gales that speed their happy flight.
--Dryden.
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2. To cause to make haste; to dispatch with celerity; to
drive at full speed; hence, to hasten; to hurry.
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He sped him thence home to his habitation.
--Fairfax.
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3. To hasten to a conclusion; to expedite.
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Judicial acts . . . are sped in open court at the
instance of one or both of the parties. --Ayliffe.
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4. To hurry to destruction; to put an end to; to ruin; to
undo. "Sped with spavins." --Shak.
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A dire dilemma! either way I 'm sped.
If foes, they write, if friends, they read, me dead.
--Pope.
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5. To wish success or god fortune to, in any undertaking,
especially in setting out upon a journey.
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Welcome the coming, speed the parting guest. --Pope.
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God speed you, them, etc., may God speed you; or, may you
have good speed.
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Syn: To dispatch; hasten; expedite; accelerate; hurry.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
speed
n 1: distance travelled per unit time [syn: speed, velocity]
2: a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens; "the
project advanced with gratifying speed" [syn: speed,
swiftness, fastness]
3: changing location rapidly [syn: speed, speeding,
hurrying]
4: the ratio of the focal length to the diameter of a (camera)
lens system [syn: focal ratio, f number, stop number,
speed]
5: a central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and
decreases appetite; used to treat narcolepsy and some forms
of depression [syn: amphetamine, pep pill, upper,
speed]
v 1: move fast; "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests";
"The cars raced down the street" [syn: rush, hotfoot,
hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush
along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along,
step on it] [ant: dawdle, linger]
2: move faster; "The car accelerated" [syn: accelerate, speed
up, speed, quicken] [ant: decelerate, retard,
slow, slow down, slow up]
3: move very fast; "The runner zipped past us at breakneck
speed" [syn: travel rapidly, speed, hurry, zip]
4: travel at an excessive or illegal velocity; "I got a ticket
for speeding"
5: cause to move faster; "He accelerated the car" [syn:
accelerate, speed, speed up] [ant: decelerate, slow
down]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
220 Moby Thesaurus words for "speed":
Benzedrine, Benzedrine pill, C, Dexamyl, Dexamyl pill, Dexedrine,
Dexedrine pill, Methedrine, abruptness, accelerate, advance,
advantage, aid, air speed, alacrity, amphetamine,
amphetamine sulfate, assist, ball the jack, barrel, bat, bolt,
boom, boost, bowl along, breeze, breeze along, briskness, brush,
bucket, bundle, burn up, bustle, career, celerity, charge, chase,
cheer on, clear the way, clip, cocaine, coke, conduce to,
contribute to, crowd, crystal, cut along, dart,
dextroamphetamine sulfate, dispatch, drive on, ease, egg on,
encourage, expedite, expedition, expeditiousness, explain,
facilitate, fastness, favor, feverishness, fleet, fleetness,
flight, flit, flurry, fly, fly low, foot, football, forward,
furiousness, further, gait, go fast, goad on, grease,
grease the ways, grease the wheels, ground speed, haste, hasten,
hasten on, hastiness, headway, heart, help, help along, hickory,
hie on, highball, hound on, hurriedness, hurry, hurry along,
hurry on, hurry up, hustle, hustle up, impetuosity, impetuousness,
impulsiveness, instantaneousness, jolly bean, knots, legerity,
lend wings to, lightning speed, loose, lubricate, make clear,
make for, make haste, make knots, make tracks, make way for,
methamphetamine hydrochloride, miles per hour, move, nip, oil,
open the way, open up, outstrip the wind, pace, pave the way,
pep pill, pour it on, precipitance, precipitancy, precipitate,
precipitateness, precipitation, precipitousness, prepare the way,
press, promote, promptitude, promptness, purple heart, push,
push forward, push on, push through, put forward, quicken,
quickness, race, railroad through, rapidity, rashness,
remove friction, rip, root on, round pace, rpm, run,
run interference for, rush, rush along, rustle, scamper, scorch,
scramble, scurry, set forward, shake up, shock wave, shoot,
simplify, sizzle, skedaddle, skim, smooth, smooth the way,
snappiness, snow, soap the ways, sonic barrier, sonic boom,
sound barrier, speed along, speed of sound, speed on, speed up,
speediness, sprint, spur, spur on, stampede, step on it, step up,
stimulant, storm along, streak, suddenness, sweep, swift rate,
swiftness, tear, tear along, thunder along, timeliness, unbar,
unblock, unclog, unjam, upper, urge, urge on, velocity, whip,
whip along, whip on, whisk, whiz, zing, zip, zoom
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):
SPEED
Early system on LGP-30. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959).
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Speed, NC -- U.S. town in North Carolina
Population (2000): 70
Housing Units (2000): 60
Land area (2000): 0.283009 sq. miles (0.732990 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.283009 sq. miles (0.732990 sq. km)
FIPS code: 63720
Located within: North Carolina (NC), FIPS 37
Location: 35.969978 N, 77.444081 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Speed, NC
Speed
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Speed, KS -- U.S. city in Kansas
Population (2000): 44
Housing Units (2000): 27
Land area (2000): 0.146076 sq. miles (0.378335 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.146076 sq. miles (0.378335 sq. km)
FIPS code: 67175
Located within: Kansas (KS), FIPS 20
Location: 39.676825 N, 99.420214 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Speed, KS
Speed