Definition of speed

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Speed (v. t.) To cause to make haste; to dispatch with celerity; to drive at full speed; hence, to hasten; to hurry..

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Pimpernel :: Pimpernel (n.) A plant of the genus Anagallis, of which one species (A. arvensis) has small flowers, usually scarlet, but sometimes purple, blue, or white, which speedily close at the approach of bad weather..
Moderate :: Moderate (a.) Limited as to degree of progress; as, to travel at moderate speed..
Speeding :: Speeding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spee.
Haste :: Haste (n.) Celerity of motion; speed; swiftness; dispatch; expedition; -- applied only to voluntary beings, as men and other animals..
Speedful :: Speedful (a.) Full of speed (in any sense).
Outride :: Outride (v. t.) To surpass in speed of riding; to ride beyond or faster than.
Knot :: Knot (n.) A nautical mile, or 6080.27 feet; as, when a ship goes eight miles an hour, her speed is said to be eight knots..
Speed :: Speed (n.) To fare well; to have success; to prosper.
Speed :: Speed (n.) Prosperity in an undertaking; favorable issue; success.
Dash :: Dash (n.) A short, spirited effort or trial of speed upon a race course; -- used in horse racing, when a single trial constitutes the race..
Velocity :: Velocity (n.) Quickness of motion; swiftness; speed; celerity; rapidity; as, the velocity of wind; the velocity of a planet or comet in its orbit or course; the velocity of a cannon ball; the velocity of light..
Speed :: Speed (v. t.) To hasten to a conclusion; to expedite.
Pick :: Pick (n.) The blow which drives the shuttle, -- the rate of speed of a loom being reckoned as so many picks per minute; hence, in describing the fineness of a fabric, a weft thread; as, so many picks to an inch..
Regulate :: Regulate (v. t.) To adjust, or maintain, with respect to a desired rate, degree, or condition; as, to regulate the temperature of a room, the pressure of steam, the speed of a machine, etc..
Speedwell :: Speedwell (n.) Any plant of the genus Veronica, mostly low herbs with pale blue corollas, which quickly fall off..
Posthaste :: Posthaste (n.) Haste or speed in traveling, like that of a post or courier..
Slow :: Slow (v. t.) To render slow; to slacken the speed of; to retard; to delay; as, to slow a steamer..
Quickness :: Quickness (n.) Activity; briskness; especially, rapidity of motion; speed; celerity; as, quickness of wit..
Overrun :: Overrun (v. t.) To exceed in distance or speed of running; to go beyond or pass in running.
Outspeed :: Outspeed (v. t.) To excel in speed.
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