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quickening
Overview of noun quickening
The noun quickening has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) quickening -- (the process of showing signs of life; "the quickening of seed that will become ripe grain")
2. quickening -- (the stage of pregnancy at which the mother first feels the movements of the fetus)
3. acceleration, quickening, speedup -- (the act of accelerating; increasing the speed)
Overview of verb quicken
The verb quicken has 5 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (3) accelerate, speed up, speed, quicken -- (move faster; "The car accelerated")
2. whet, quicken -- (make keen or more acute; "whet my appetite")
3. quicken, invigorate -- (give life or energy to; "The cold water invigorated him")
4. quicken -- (show signs of life; "the fetus quickened")
5. animate, recreate, reanimate, revive, renovate, repair, quicken, vivify, revivify -- (give new life or energy to; "A hot soup will revive me"; "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my health")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun quickening
3 senses of quickening
Sense 1
quickening
=> organic process, biological process
=> process, physical process
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 2
quickening
=> degree, level, stage, point
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
acceleration, quickening, speedup
=> speed, speeding, hurrying
=> motion, movement, move
=> change
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun quickening
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun quickening
3 senses of quickening
Sense 1
quickening
=> organic process, biological process
Sense 2
quickening
=> degree, level, stage, point
Sense 3
acceleration, quickening, speedup
=> speed, speeding, hurrying
Antonyms of noun quickening
Member Holonyms of noun quickening
Substance Holonyms of noun quickening
Part Holonyms of noun quickening
1 of 3 senses of quickening
Sense 2
quickening
PART OF: pregnancy, gestation, maternity
Member Meronyms of noun quickening
Substance Meronyms of noun quickening
Part Meronyms of noun quickening
Meronyms of noun quickening
Holonyms of noun quickening
1 of 3 senses of quickening
Sense 2
quickening
PART OF: pregnancy, gestation, maternity
Attributes of noun quickening
Derived Forms of noun quickening
2 of 3 senses of quickening
Sense 2
quickening
RELATED TO>(verb) quicken#4
=> quicken
Sense 3
acceleration, quickening, speedup
RELATED TO>(verb) quicken#1
=> accelerate, speed up, speed, quicken
Domain of noun quickening
Domain Terms of noun quickening
Familiarity of noun quickening
quickening used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun quickening
3 senses of quickening
Sense 1
quickening
> organic process, biological process
=> adaptation, adaption, adjustment
=> agglutination
=> aging, ageing, senescence
=> anovulation
=> antisepsis, asepsis
=> assimilation, absorption
=> autoregulation
=> bacteriostasis
=> blooming, bloom
=> bodily process, body process, bodily function, activity
=> carbon cycle
=> catabolism, katabolism, dissimilation, destructive metabolism
=> cell division, cellular division
=> crossing over, crossover
=> defoliation
=> deossification
=> digestion
=> eburnation
=> ecchymosis
=> effacement
=> erythropoiesis
=> eutrophication
=> evolution, organic evolution, phylogeny, phylogenesis
=> expression
=> extravasation
=> gastrulation
=> glycogenesis
=> growth, growing, maturation, development, ontogeny, ontogenesis
=> hematopoiesis, haematopoiesis, hemopoiesis, haemopoiesis, hemogenesis, haemogenesis, hematogenesis, haematogenesis, sanguification
=> heredity
=> humification
=> hypostasis, epistasis
=> implantation, nidation
=> inhibition
=> invagination, introversion, intussusception, infolding
=> involution
=> cytokinesis
=> karyokinesis
=> keratinization, keratinisation
=> Krebs cycle, Krebs citric acid cycle, citric acid cycle, tricarboxylic acid cycle
=> lymphopoiesis
=> lysogenization, lysogenisation
=> maturation, ripening, maturement
=> metabolism, metabolic process, metastasis
=> metamorphosis, metabolism
=> nitrogen cycle
=> nitrogen fixation
=> nondevelopment
=> nutrition
=> organification
=> ossification
=> ovulation
=> oxidative phosphorylation
=> parturition, birth, giving birth, birthing
=> pathologic process, pathological process
=> perennation
=> preservation
=> quellung, quellung reaction
=> quickening
=> regeneration
=> regulation
=> replication
=> reproduction
=> resorption, reabsorption
=> ripening, aging, ageing
=> secretion, secernment
=> segregation
=> shedding, sloughing
=> summation
=> symphysis
=> synapsis
=> synizesis, synezesis
=> transcription
=> transduction
=> translation
=> protein folding, folding
=> translocation
=> translocation
=> transpiration
=> tumefaction
=> ulceration
=> vascularization, vascularisation
=> vesiculation, vesication, blistering
Sense 2
quickening
> degree, level, stage, point
=> ladder
=> acme, height, elevation, peak, pinnacle, summit, superlative, meridian, tiptop, top
=> extent
=> resultant, end point
=> standard of living, standard of life
=> plane
=> state of the art
=> ultimacy, ultimateness
=> quickening
=> climax
Sense 3
acceleration, quickening, speedup
> speed, speeding, hurrying
=> acceleration, quickening, speedup
=> deceleration
=> scud, scudding
Meronyms of noun quickening
3 senses of quickening
Holonyms of noun quickening
1 of 3 senses of quickening
Sense 2
quickening
PART OF: pregnancy, gestation, maternity
Grep of noun quickening
quickening
Antonyms of verb quicken
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb quicken
5 senses of quicken
Sense 1
accelerate, speed up, speed, quicken
=> intensify, deepen
=> increase
=> change magnitude
=> change
Sense 2
whet, quicken
=> stimulate, excite, stir
=> sensitize, sensitise
Sense 3
quicken, invigorate
=> stimulate, excite
=> affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 4
quicken
=> move
Sense 5
animate, recreate, reanimate, revive, renovate, repair, quicken, vivify, revivify
=> stimulate, arouse, brace, energize, energise, perk up
=> affect
=> change, alter, modify
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb quicken
1 of 5 senses of quicken
Sense 1
accelerate, speed up, speed, quicken
=> brisk, brisk up, brisken
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb quicken
5 senses of quicken
Sense 1
accelerate, speed up, speed, quicken
=> intensify, deepen
Sense 2
whet, quicken
=> stimulate, excite, stir
Sense 3
quicken, invigorate
=> stimulate, excite
Sense 4
quicken
=> move
Sense 5
animate, recreate, reanimate, revive, renovate, repair, quicken, vivify, revivify
=> stimulate, arouse, brace, energize, energise, perk up
'Cause To' of verb quicken
Derived Forms of verb quicken
4 of 5 senses of quicken
Sense 1
accelerate, speed up, speed, quicken
RELATED TO>(noun) quickening#3
=> acceleration, quickening, speedup
Sense 3
quicken, invigorate
RELATED TO>(noun) quickener#1
=> quickener, invigorator, enlivener
Sense 4
quicken
RELATED TO>(noun) quickening#2
=> quickening
Sense 5
animate, recreate, reanimate, revive, renovate, repair, quicken, vivify, revivify
RELATED TO>(noun) quickener#1
=> quickener, invigorator, enlivener
Domain of verb quicken
Domain Terms of verb quicken
Familiarity of verb quicken
quicken used as a verb is common (polysemy count =5)
Sample Sentences of verb quicken
5 senses of quicken
Sense 1
accelerate, speed up, speed, quicken
*> Something ----s
*> Somebody ----s
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 2
whet, quicken
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 3
quicken, invigorate
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s somebody
*> Something ----s something
Sense 4
quicken
*> Somebody ----s
Sense 5
animate, recreate, reanimate, revive, renovate, repair, quicken, vivify, revivify
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Something ----s somebody
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb quicken
5 senses of quicken
Sense 1
accelerate, speed up, speed, quicken
> intensify, deepen
=> build
=> redouble
=> erupt, irrupt, flare up, flare, break open, burst out
=> condense
=> sharpen
=> accelerate, speed up, speed, quicken
Sense 2
whet, quicken
> stimulate, excite, stir
=> masturbate, wank, fuck off, she-bop, jack off, jerk off
=> masturbate
=> horripilate
=> work
=> fellate, blow, go down on
=> thrill
=> whet, quicken
=> disgust, gross out, revolt, repel
Sense 3
quicken, invigorate
> stimulate, excite
=> quicken, invigorate
=> innervate
=> irritate
Sense 4
quicken
> move
=> move involuntarily, move reflexively
=> quicken
=> stretch, stretch out
=> snap, click, flick
=> flex, bend
=> spread, propagate
=> reach, reach out
=> putter, potter, potter around, putter around
=> dance, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe
=> drop back
=> hit the dirt, hit the deck
=> gravitate
=> fly
=> move over, give way, give, ease up, yield
=> cut to
=> lurch, pitch, shift
=> jolt, jar
=> duck
=> bob
=> wallow, welter
=> writhe, wrestle, wriggle, worm, squirm, twist
=> wobble, coggle
=> sidle, sashay
=> sidle
=> sweep, sail
=> brush, sweep
=> wamble, waggle
=> chop
=> reciprocate
=> move back and forth
=> nod
=> pulsate, beat, quiver
=> beat, pound, thump
=> teeter, seesaw, totter
=> buck, jerk, hitch
=> cant, cant over, tilt, slant, pitch
=> careen, wobble, shift, tilt
=> churn, boil, moil, roil
=> steal, slip
=> shake, agitate
=> vibrate
=> jerk, twitch
=> flip, twitch
=> snap, click
=> stir, shift, budge, agitate
=> arouse, stir
=> dance
=> stumble, trip
=> falter, waver
=> roll, undulate, flap, wave
=> mill, mill about, mill around
=> turn
=> startle, jump, start
=> mope, mope around
=> hop on, mount, mount up, get on, jump on, climb on, bestride
=> climb
=> strike out
=> jump, leap, bound, spring
=> bolt
=> get down
=> assume, take, strike, take up
=> seesaw
=> displace
=> exit, go out, get out, leave
=> separate, part, split
=> diverge
=> list, lean
=> whirl, tumble, whirl around
=> close, come together
=> bustle, bustle about, hustle
=> fidget
=> linger, dawdle
=> flinch, squinch, funk, cringe, shrink, wince, recoil, quail
=> lunge, hurl, hurtle, thrust
=> swoop
=> flow, flux
=> run, flow, feed, course
=> flurry
=> streak
=> heave
=> crash
=> thunder
=> snap
=> beat, flap
=> fling
=> hop
=> turn
=> dodge
=> dodge
=> throw
=> make way
=> dance
=> grab
=> cut
=> close
=> jump, leap, jump off
Sense 5
animate, recreate, reanimate, revive, renovate, repair, quicken, vivify, revivify
> stimulate, arouse, brace, energize, energise, perk up
=> cathect
=> animate, recreate, reanimate, revive, renovate, repair, quicken, vivify, revivify
=> invigorate, reinvigorate
=> enliven, liven, liven up, invigorate, animate
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb quicken
Sense 1
accelerate, speed up, speed, quicken
=> intensify, deepen
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Sense 2
whet, quicken
=> stimulate, excite, stir
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Sense 3
quicken, invigorate
=> stimulate, excite
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Sense 4
quicken
=> move
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Sense 5
animate, recreate, reanimate, revive, renovate, repair, quicken, vivify, revivify
=> stimulate, arouse, brace, energize, energise, perk up
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Grep of verb quicken
quicken
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