Word

speed, v.
(sped, speeding, speeds)
freq. cnt. 18

move hurridly
<verb.motion> freq. cnt.: 48 freq. cnt.: 20 freq. cnt.: 15 freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 6

belt along bucket along cannonball along hasten hie hotfoot pelt along race rush rush along speed step on it

sample sentences

"He rushed down the hall to receive his guests"
"The cars raced down the street"

verb frames

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They %s up the hill

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They %s up the hill

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They %s up the hill

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They %s up the hill

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

antonym

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

speeding speed speed

also see

semantic pointers

hypernym

go, move, travel, locomote

hyponym

barge, thrust ahead, push forward charge, tear, shoot, shoot down, buck dash, scoot, shoot, flash, dart, scud

move faster
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 22 freq. cnt.: 11 freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3

accelerate quicken speed speed up

sample sentences

"The car accelerated"

verb frames

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
These cars won't %s

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Something ----s
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Something ----s something
These cars won't %s

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Something ----s
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These cars won't %s

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Something ----s
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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

acceleratory accelerative

antonym

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

speed speed speed

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

hyponym

brisk, brisk up, brisken

hypernym

intensify, deepen

move very fast
<verb.motion> freq. cnt.: 33 freq. cnt.: 30 freq. cnt.: 3

hurry speed travel rapidly zip

sample sentences

"The runner zipped past us at breakneck speed"

verb frames

Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

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Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
These cars won't %s

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Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
These cars won't %s

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Something is ----ing PP
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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

speed speed speed

also see

semantic pointers

hypernym

go, move, travel, locomote

hyponym

dart, flit, flutter, fleet run zoom, zoom along, whizz, whizz along

travel at an excessive or illegal velocity
<verb.motion> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

speed

sample sentences

"I got a ticket for speeding"

verb frames

Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
These cars won't %s

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

speeding speed speed speeder speed

semantic pointers

hypernym

go, move, travel, locomote

cause to move faster
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

accelerate speed speed up

sample sentences

"He accelerated the car"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

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Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

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Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

acceleratory accelerative acceleration accelerator accelerator acceleration

antonym

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

speed speed speed

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

hypernym

change, alter, modify