to speed
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1.0
- verb
- /spiːd/
:
ir rápido
- And then they would jump into the car and speed away and not say anything.
- a speeding car
- just speeding
So she floored it and was in a rage as she speed past us.
- So she floored it and was in a rage as she speed past us.
- They can pick up speed, and they're devastating predators.
- So they're very caution cautious about how they speed, but red light district.
- She has her arms around me and we're like speed walking and taking like small steps.
- I only drink coffee when I want to speed off of a Cliff and crash and burn.
Examples
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Night was upon us, and cars were speeding past us up the mountain with their headlights on.
Academic text (2002) -
We see America at eighty miles an hour, speeding past land formations older than the dinosaurs.
Academic text (2007) -
So I just like to take this to help speed up the process of hair growth.
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It's getting ready to speed up.
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And here we go and I'll speed through most of this.
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So let's start the script and speed on through.
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I saw the jets speed by over our heads and take the mountain easily.
Fiction book (1992) -
And the defendant speeds through the stop sign, just like he did in this case.
Academic text (2005) -
Speeding through lovely countryside on our way to your christening.
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The race car began to speed down the track, leaving the other vehicles behind.
Synonyms
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To move or act quickly because there is little time
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To move or act more quickly to avoid being late
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To move or act quickly because a situation needs it
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1.0
To move or work very quickly to reach a goal
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5.2
To hurry and go faster, often when driving
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2.3
To move very quickly from one place to another
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3.9
Move quickly to do something
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9.9
To go quickly to a place, often used in old writing
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7.7
To move quickly on foot
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2.7
To move quickly in one direction
To move very quickly, usually by running or driving
To move very quickly in a straight, forceful way
Move very fast along a street or path
To move quickly by car or on foot
Antonyms
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Specialized
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3.8
A constant speed at which light travels in empty space, about 300,000 kilometres per second
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3.0
A sport where people race on ice skates around an oval track to get the fastest time
- Offensive
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9.6
A person who often uses drugs that make you more active, like amphetamines
- Specialized
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5.3
A very hard metal used for cutting tools that stays hard when hot
- Specialized
A machine that pulls and slightly twists fibers to make a loose rope for spinning
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Etymology
Speed as a verb goes back to Old English spēdan 'to prosper' and later took the sense of 'going quickly'. Think of 'Godspeed' wishing someone a quick and successful journey; that's why to speed is to move fast.