verb🔗ShareTo give life to; to animate, make alive, revive."The rain after the long drought quickened the dried-up plants, and green shoots began to appear. "biologyphysiologyorganismbeingsoulChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo come back to life, receive life."The dried-out plant quickened after a week of rain, sprouting new leaves. "beingsoulreligiontheologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo take on a state of activity or vigour comparable to life; to be roused, excited."Hearing her favorite song on the radio, her steps quickened and she started to hum along. "physiologybodymindbeingsoulsensationactionprocessconditionemotionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareOf a pregnant woman: to first feel the movements of the foetus, or reach the stage of pregnancy at which this takes place; of a foetus: to begin to move."Sarah quickened at the end of her second trimester. "familymedicinephysiologybodybiologysexhumanconditionstageChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo make quicker; to hasten, speed up."The teacher quickened her pace as she realized the class was running late for lunch. "actionprocesstimeChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo become faster."My heartbeat quickened when I heard him approach."timeactionprocessenergyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo shorten the radius of (a curve); to make (a curve) sharper."to quicken the sheer, that is, to make its curve more pronounced"mathtechnicalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
